27-01-2020, 06:59 PM
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Edward Heath
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/12...ward-heath-sptHe knew what was planned from the start. I was not old enough to vote then but knew, given the opportunity, would vote leave.
Less than two weeks after the report was published, on November 9, 1970, the Foreign Office produced an assessment on the so-called Werner plan.
In complete contrast with Mr Heath’s claims, civil servants claimed that if the plan was fully implemented, member states would have ended up with less autonomy than US states as the EEC's aim was to become a political union.
The assessment said: “At the ultimate stage, economic sovereignty would to all intents and purposes disappear at the national level and the Community would itself be the master of overall economic policy.
“The degree of freedom which would then be vested in national governments might indeed be somewhat less than the autonomy enjoyed by the constituent states of the USA.”
27-01-2020, 11:43 PM
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Re: Edward Heath
If the internet and social media had been around at the time, the UK would never have gone into the Common Market in the first place if people knew what it would lead to.John Major hammered the first nail in the coffin when he signed the Maastricht Treaty - no wonder he was staunchly against Britain leaving the EU. It was his baby.
28-01-2020, 12:48 AM
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Re: Edward Heath
Originally Posted by Bruce
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Ah! Mr Three Day Week....and people wonder why Britain is poorer when you had tag teams of incompetent leaders like this.
28-01-2020, 10:47 AM
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Re: Edward Heath
Originally Posted by Solasch
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And there was a reason for britain being called the poor man of europe.
The big difference between our socialist government back in the 1970's and the EU socialist parliament now is that we voted ours out - something you can't do
It's also one of the reasons we are giving it two fingers at 11pm on Friday and taking our money with us. All done via a democratic decision in a referendum ... remember those ?
28-01-2020, 02:17 PM
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Re: Edward Heath
Originally Posted by Bread
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It was called the "sick man of Europe". That's what happens when socialist governments are elected, the entire country suffers and you end up with mass unemployment, uncontrolled borrowing, recession and bankruptcy (sound familiar ?). Thankfully, the Conservatives sorted out our economy within the next 5 to 6 years. The big difference between our socialist government back in the 1970's and the EU socialist parliament now is that we voted ours out - something you can't do
It's also one of the reasons we are giving it two fingers at 11pm on Friday and taking our money with us. All done via a democratic decision in a referendum ... remember those ?
That's why you are going to be in such deep shit in about a year's time.
28-01-2020, 04:00 PM
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Re: Edward Heath
Originally Posted by Bread
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No it didn't Nothing of the sort we ended up having our manufacturing destroyed and moved to Poland through eu grants.
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