Comments by "marie parker" (@marieparker3822) on "Francis Foster: The Left are Terrified of their Own People. Being Funny isn't Political." video.

  1. We didn't get a vote on the Common Market in 1972. Ted Heath took us into the EEC (European Economic Community) in 1973, no questions asked. When the Labour Government came in, Harold Wilson thought a Referendum would be necessary for such an important issue, and the Referendum in 1975 was about staying in or coming out. The generation who had fought in the Second World War were almost all supporters of a more united Europe. We were told it was about economic advantage - political integration and loss of sovereignty were never mentioned - except by Barbara Castle, Tony Benn and Enoch Powell. Treaty after treaty then effected the motto and mission statement of Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman in the late 1940s: 'Ever Closer Union'.
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