Damocles said:I suspect it was margaret Thatcher, who wanted a wider rather than a deeper EU. Entry negotiations with China would be interesting.
It was Ted Heath government in 1971 who desperate to suppress the truth about trading in the common market, so in 1973 he wanted to persuade the English people that joining Europe was a good thing & were only joining for a trading partnership then later on he had known all along that England was signing up to a Federal Europe.david and julie said:Why are you suggesting that Mrs T wanted what we are getting? I thought it was Ted that took us into this " simple trading block between the peoples of Europe"
Sarcasm Freddie, I meant at what point does enlargement stop, do the EU want to go all the way to China. Likewise my comment about Africa and S. America.Freddie said:After leaving this for a while i come back and my head is now spinning-------------can someone explain to me what China has got to do with the EU and when are they joining????????????
david and julie said:In plain language, does that mean we are now governed by a dictatorship?
When you say "they" who do you actually mean?