This, too, keeps on coming up.
The aims of the EEC were plainly set out in the Treaty of Rome and in the gradual amalgamation of the various European co-operative bodies prior to the UK's accession.
The implications were debated at length in this country. Labour was dreadfully divided over it, Enoch Powell famously resigned the Tory whip over it, everyone argued about what 'sovereignty' actually implied.
It was clear then, it's clear now: peace and prosperity can be furthered by co-operation, either thru' unionism or federalism.
Suggesting that our accession occurred otherwise is trying to create a Dolchstosslegende myth.
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