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Of course, when such public groundswell starts to spread, countries such as Britain should be among the first to offer encouragement and practical support. We should always use our diplomatic channels to exert pressure in favour of reform and democracy.

Fair play is one traditional British value we have always admired. And one we fear is increasingly at risk.

"Cameron said very clearly: 'We're not interested in a political union, we want to take care of our own interests and retreat to our island.' But the rest of the continent does want political union because it's indispensible to save the euro and to protect our place on the world arena," Sikorski said. "Great Britain can retreat to its island. But it's in our [Poland's] interest to permanently safeguard our membership in the Latin civilisation, so we need tighter ties with the rest of Europe, not looser ones," he added.