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		Letter to the Editor Derby Evening Telegraph - Monday 15th March 2004 Dear Sir, In his letter of March 9th, Edward Spalton asks us to guess the origin of a quotation about Europe. Readers might like to spot the odd one out from the following four quotations about the proposed EU Constitution: •   Valery Giscard d'Estaing: "A great leap forward for European integration" • EU Commission President Romano Prodi: "A giant step" • EU Commission's official assessment of the Constitution: "Fundamentally changes the structure of the Union". • Britain's Labour government: "Just a tidying-up of the treaties". Everyone in Brussels knows that the proposed Constitution is a hugely important step which will create a political union in Europe, and leave Britain a mere off-shore province. Only our Labour government tries to deny what everyone else can see. Yours faithfully, Roger Helmer MEP