Well he can lead it from the front then on his white charger and shiny metal sword !!!!!

Sharp is turning in his fictional grave !!!!!

IAN PAYNE, Walsall,

Why don't you sign up Mr. Hutton, take Jack Master's EU supporter along with you.

The Liebour sleaze and corruption party, you are finished.

Anne robertson, Edinburgh, Scotland

Napoleon rides again.

Edmund Burke, Kingston upon Thames, England

There is certainly no evidence to suggest any "pragmatic" reasons for joining an EU Army. At least not from a Military point of view. Recent History has shown us to be at odds with the French over just about any military Deployment. How would Hutton reconcile our policy on Iraq with France?!

Ian Smith Watson, Borehamwood, United Kngdom

US, Russia, China and more av huge equiped armys, to stay as a world leader or close to we should have an eu army under one leader. it would give the eu leaverage over bigger countries and more say as to what weapoins the us puts on our soil making us targets. united we stand........

rob, london,

also as one army u would think they would be better financed... trained and more effective.

rob, london,

Another bit of salami slicing. The trouble is that we don't have an opposition so this will probably be spun as advantageous and be implemented regardless of what we think, just like the Lisbon Treaty.

Simon, Exeter, England

So basically NATO without America and Canada. Sure, I can see why such an organization is necessary! The MoD haven't screwed up our armed forces comprehensively enough yet so it's time to let Brussels have a go!

John Swaine, Malta, Malta

The Us is always there for us???
Really.?
We lost our all our ships and men in the South Atlantic because our "special friends" refused to lend us a long deck aircraft carrier.
We were bankrupted by their "help" in WW2 also.
Some friend..
Eu is even worse we lost a generation,,Twice. to save them.

rick, newcastle, uK

i think his views are pathetic. typical new labour if you don't agree with them your an idiot. and they wonder why no one want's them anymore. i can still remember the time when they were anti europe and blair making a speach in 1992 in favour of the uk getting out of the eec. (ex labour suporter)

bruce matthew, dundee, scotland

Yet another politician selling our country out. Screw Europe, give us our sovereignty back.

sid wainhouse, southampton,

We should stop making commitments or grow our armed forces and equip them properly. Undermining NATO no longer matters as it is a waste of time. Britain and America should pull out and both should redefine their global positions.

Neil Murphy, Cromer,

UK could contribute to EU army only pen-pushers, civil servants and administrative staff - but they should be warned that the big compensations for a 'sore thumb' are out of question.
Do we need Hutton, Des and all the other top-staff at MOD in case of EU army?

savo, london, uk

When it is clear that our European 'allies' failed to respond to the Nato deployment to Afghanistan, a so-called European Army would be an abject failure.

The Brown Government are bankrupt - and now seek this proposal as another means to reduce public expenditure on our Armed Forces.

Nick, Salisbury, UK

oh great an EU army where no-one speaks the same language

and by the way all our soldiers are loyal to the Queen- never thought of that did you Hutton?- he's a nasty piece of work, if only in my opinion

peter c, Devizes, Wessex

The response of the EU countries in NATO to requests for support in Afghanistan has been cowardly and pathetic. How will joining an EU army change this appalling position? The EU has not got the spine to defend itself and its interests. The EU will never support Britain in military matters.

mark, Sheffield, Great Britain

If you donuts dont see it by now, you are going to be in a lot of strife soon.

The US will have lots of influence in Nato. This is the end of indivdual countries that Hutton and Mandelson have been brought back for. There will be No more England, Scotland, Wales.

Mike, Edinburgh,

Bravo!

At last an English politicien who realises that we are European and who our real allies are.

NATO is too US orientated. Our future is in a stronger European Union.

Peter GODDARD, EPSOM, England, EU

Actually an EU army does sound like a good idea, the fact is that we have been forced into an American campaign in Iraq for the benefit of their military industrial complex at the cost to our economy.

Jack Masters, Oxford, UK

Why don't we save this country a lot of hassle and money and declare ourselves neutral?

Michael Fremlins, London, UK

Why do we need an an EU army when we are already in NATO. In Iraq and Afghanistan, our EU partners dragged their heals and failed to support us. What is the great benefit in joining them in an alliance excluding the Americans

raj, harrow, uk

France certainly is not one of our closest allies-militarily or any other way.In an emergency the US is always there for us,not the eu.No more eu intergration thankyou,as the recent financial fiasco has shown,each country looks out for its own interests.

martin, darlington, england

Thanks to Hutton and his predecessors I shouldn't think we have sufficient troops to contribute to anything. And we certainly couldn't afford to equip them properly! Hang on, perhaps we could conscript illegal immigrants and send them to join the EU army.

Sheona Hutcheson, Chesham,