 In 1991 , Benn reiterated his opposition to the European Commission and highlighted an alleged democratic deficit in the institution , saying : " Some people genuinely believe that we shall never get social justice from the British Government , but we shall get it from Jacques Delors . They believe that a good king is better than a bad Parliament . I have never taken that view . " This argument has also been used by many on the right @-@ wing Eurosceptic wing of the Conservative Party , such as Daniel Hannan MEP . Jonathan Freedland writes in The Guardian that " For [ Tony Benn ] , even benign rule by a monarch was worthless because the king 's whim could change and there 'd be nothing you could do about it . " 
