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JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER may have the most humanitarian instincts in Europe, demanding that all EU member states do much more to help refugees arriving from the Middle East and Africa.
But that’s not the point.
He presides over the very negation of democratic assent. As president of the European Commission, he has been elected by no-one (although Wikipedia lists him as the supreme leader of Europe). His powerful bureaucracy carries no moral authority with the 508 million residents it perpetually seeks to boss about.
ELLIS RAE recommends a stunning history of the active role played by the British monarchy in establishing and profiting from slavery
STEPHEN ARNELL wonders at the family resemblance between former prince Andrew and his great-uncle ‘Dickie’
