Europe is a dead political project
• This is an edited version of an article which will be published in full in the June issue of the online journal Theory and Event (Johns Hopkins University Press)
In the comments…
ChampagneMolotov
“Europe can still make it, but the UK needs to play ball or get out”.
The collapse of the euro would open the door to democracy
The European project has been shown to be economically and politically bankrupt, says Simon Heffer.
The Foreign Office 
Dear Mr Hague,
Why are you advertising this foolish rant from Simon Heffer?
Now that you have such a responsible position, you should put campaigning to one side and act maturely in the national interest. This gloating over a wished for collapse of the Euro is not only spiteful nonsense, but extremely dangerous.
Has this heifer considered the disastrous impact such an eventuality would have on Britain, or can that cowlike brain focus solely on how luscious the grass might be in purer pastures free outside of Europe?
If the Euro were genuinely to collapse and the paper that it is printed on were to become its sole value, the consequence is very likely that the US dollar, the Pound Sterling and all other fiat currencies would similarly collapse, for once trust has left one fiat currency, where could it find certain refuge?
Such a scenario would result in unimaginable human consequences, as global trade would cease for years at the very least. You have no business as Foreign Secretary giving such garbage the oxygen of undeserved publicity. I would suggest that you dissociate yourself from it.
If you had any thought that complete collapse of the Euro was a real possibility, you would have then only one responsibility on behalf our beloved nation and that would be to fight tooth and nail to ensure that such a putative eventuality should not come to pass. Reform can come later.
Paul McKeown: Far from advertising Simon Heffer’s article. It fits in with the theme of the post and was actually a later addition. It is this comment above the article which I like “Europe can still make it, but the UK needs to play ball or get out”.