01-03-2016, 10:28 AM
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Re: Brexit, where you live.
Originally Posted by Purwell
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We did not get a vote to go in, we got a vote on whether to stay in.
01-03-2016, 11:05 AM
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Re: Brexit, where you live.
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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I thought we did ? If not how did we get in ? I remember my granddad telling my nan of the dangers of the common market (much of it has come true) and telling her to vote to stay out of it.
Julie darlin' - Heath took us into the EEC (without seeking approval of the people) in 1973. After he 'lost' the GE in 1974, Wilson organised a referendum in 1975 as to whether we wanted to remain a member.
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