Below is a link to Dan's speech at the Conservative Spring Forum for those who are interested. Dan, of course, is our MEP who made such a huge impact on thw web recently and is without a doubt a rising star.
It was a real tour de force and starts with some good old fashioned knock about and an excellent classic Churchill/Atlee joke, worth watching just for that.
The important bit, and the bit that should get people thinking in the main part of his speech, is what he says about the EU and our democracy. It is not a long speech, very well delivered and worth listening to. Pity that the headline writers focus on the knock about rather than the substance though.
http://playpolitical.typepad.com/uk_conservative/2009/04/dan-hannan-attacks-gordon-brown-for-being-unwilling-to-accept-criticism.html