As someone who spent 20 or more years believing Britain should leave the EEC&#x2F;EU for the last decade or so I&#x27;ve been an increasingly enthusiastic European.  Not because I believe in the institution as such, but because it has become the only real check on our ever more broken democracy.<p>Dear letter writer, the view from London counts for nothing, you should try a view from the minor colonies (UK outside London and the home counties).