NO MAN IS ISOLATED WHO HAS AMERICA AS A FRIEND:

The mistake that the liberal media constantly make, especially for some reason in America, is assuming that when Britons are isolated in Europe, they are also uncomfortable. Yet since the 16th century it has almost always been precisely when she was most isolated that she was later proved most right. And whereas President Sarcastic--does he have any other form of address when talking to opponents?--is currently the least popular president of France in the history of the Fifth Republic, Mr. Cameron saw his Conservative Party overtake Labour in approval ratings after he exercised the veto.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague has written a superb biography of William Pitt the Younger, whose most famous and effective speech comprised one sentence during the Napoleonic Wars: "England has saved herself by her example and will, I trust, save Europe by her example." King George VI actually rejoiced after the fall of France, writing in his diary 1940: "Personally, I feel happier that we have no allies to be polite to and pamper." That is the true voice of Britons, and one that David Cameron has articulated superbly.

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