The UK Independence Party leader, Nigel Farage, turned up on the first day of the summit with an inflatable bulldozer. He was almost arrested. The police pointed out that he failed to obtain a permit from the Brussels town hall to enter the free expression zone. Mr Farage said: "What kind of free expression is it if you can't use it? I was simply trying to get the message across that we are being bulldozed into a federal Europe and we want it to stop." It's been a bad summit for Mr Farage. He was also thrown out of a Downing Street press briefing on the grounds he is not a journalist.
Ukip bought its inflatable bulldozer in Latvia. Why Latvia? "Because Latvia is known as the best place in Europe for inflatable bulldozers," a UKIP spokesman said.
There you are then. The EU single market is a triumph, whatever Ukip may say. What has Europe ever given us, they ask incessantly? One answer (among many): "Cheap Latvian inflatable bulldozers".
I must remember that.
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