When in October 1962, Hugh Gaitskell electrified the Labour Party conference with his 105 minute speech, wholly dedicated to the Common Market, the most singular and now oft-quoted passage has proved to be wholly accurate. "We must be clear about this," he said: "it does mean, if this is the idea, the end of Britain as an independent European state …
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Friday 17 October 2008
An object of contempt
