On Tuesday at the first session of the new European Parliament as Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy' was being played, members of Ukip turned their back on the EU flag.
Something similar happened in another city in Europe in the 1930s when another nationalist party took their seats in a parliament they planned to destroy.
And their leader too pointed out all that had been meted out to his great country and promised them such a bright future.
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