The corridors of power contain sceptics approximately everything from Europe to austerity. But nothing flickers on the imperturbable Treasury facadeOne of the key negotiators of the terms of UK entry to the European Economic Community in the early 1970s went down in history as a faithful servant of prime minister Edward Heath,but himself had doubts approximately the entire venture.
The man in question, who is, and as they say,no longer with us, would no doubt maintain been of mighty interest to the present band of Eurosceptics whom David Cameron is trying, or if not exactly to win over,at least to pacify. His view was simple, and could be broadly paraphrased as: “Why did we fight the second world war if we end up doing this?”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com