"In the last fifty decades there has been no war between any of the EU democracies."

Shome mishtake, shurely?

A perfect example of the dangers of adopting the current BBC buzzword - 'decade' - hardly ever heard up to a few years ago, but seemingly now required, by those in authority, to be used at every conceivable opportunity by every public-facing employee.

Five decades? What's wrong with 'fifty years'?