I don't think that opposition to a European superstate has anything to do with the extent of your travels or whether you're conservative or not. Personally having travelled to a variety of places from Macchu Picchu to Harlem, I think my mind is as open as anyone's. But that doesn't mean it's open to accepting anything whether I think it's right or wrong.
Here's a quote - "If Britain is persuaded to join the single currency we shall, forever, have lost the right of self-government through the ballot box and all key decisions will be taken by those we did not elect and cannot remove." Those were the words of Tony Benn. Hardly a conservative (either with a big or small "c"

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As for the European Champions League, I doubt that Stanley will have to worry about that for a while yet!
I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one, Jo.