As EU takes over Smith Square, Conservatives remain silent on - by Christopher Booker
There is rich symbolism in the fact that the former Conservative Central Office in Smith Square, Westminster, is to be renamed "Europe House", as the new London headquarters of the European Commission (currently tucked away in an obscure alley up the road).The EU doubtless regards it as only appropriate that it should be able to hang its "ring of stars" flag outside one of the most iconic political buildings in Britain, just as its new "Not the Constitution" comes into force - with the added sweetness that it will be like a final symbolic victory over Lady Thatcher, for whom it was the backdrop to her political triumphs of the 1980s.
Note EU-Digest: One can only have pity and maybe even feel compassion for the British who believe that they are able to be an independent entity against the rest of the world without the help of their brothers and sisters in Europe.
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