Blog - Richard Corbett

UK Labour MEP from 1996 to 2009

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

The Tories, then and now

Clearing out my attic over the summer I came across some interesting old press clippings. One recorded Margaret Thatcher's visit to Brussels, as leader of the opposition, in 1977 in which she said that if the Conservatives won the next elections, "the country will take a more positive attitude" to Europe and that she "would like to see a closer alliance with the Christian Democrats and others on the basis of a joint statement of beliefs".

Tell that to the current Tory leaders.

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