On 1 October, the European Commission was caustic in its response to the criticism levelled at it the day before by the British Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, who likened the EU to a “prison” and compared it to the Soviet Union.
On a visit to Latvia, Hunt welcomed the forthcoming liberty and independence of his country. “What happened to the confidence and ideals of the European dream? The European Union was set up to protect freedom. It was the Soviet Union that stopped people...