What all of this throws up, of course, is what exactly the purpose of the Eurosyn is. Which I think will be a fun debate to hash out in the Seventies. Is it purely and simply a Cold War alliance, or does it serve a wider purpose as a de facto West Eureopan confederation with some political function? Arguments in favour of both interpretations, lots of tasty B***** comparisons on the cards, Michael Foot becoming fiercely Europhilic… Yes, good fun I think.