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Originally Posted by wadey
United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum, 1975
Q Do you think the UK should stay in the European Community (Common Market)?
Yes:17,378,581(67.2%) No:8,470,073(32.8%)
I voted "No" because of the CAP
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It was a totally different animal then - a mutually beneficial trading association of independent states and that's exactly how it was sold to the British people. Since then the basic nature of it has changed, taking away huge swathes of sovereignty from us and issuing realms of legislation which affect our everyday lives. It has also taken on more and more of the trappings of a superstate with no borders between the different countries and its own foreigh minister. Did anyone tell us about this back in '75? I think not!