From: Dr
David Hill, Market Street, Huddersfield.
Those in the Remain camp of the EU debate who cite Winston Churchill
as a mover for the EU, this is what Churchill actually said about the EU from
his own lips.
Those in the Remain camp of the EU debate who cite Winston Churchill as a mover for the EU, this is what Churchill actually said about the EU from his own lips.
He said that Great Britain “must be the friends and sponsors of the new
Europe” but did not envisage the UK being part of the EU.
Indeed in the House of Commons on May 11, 1953, he said: “We have our own
dream and our own task. We are with Europe but not of it.
“We are linked but not combined.
“We are interested and associated but not absorbed.
“If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always
chose the open sea.”
Therefore, from his own mouth, Churchill would not surrender our
sovereignty and join the EU.
Named as the greatest Briton of all time in a nationwide poll, it is very
strange that the current British Prime Minister, David Cameron, called Churchill
“the greatest-ever Prime Minister” and went on to say: “If there is one aspect
of this man I admire more than any other – it is Churchill the
patriot.”
Well Mr Cameron, if that is so and if you so admire Churchill, why do you
want to do the absolute opposite of your apparent hero?
Come back Winston, you are sorely missed by the nation and its
people.
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