Leavers’ claims that the EU used to be just a free trade area are wrong
Leavers like to say “no-one told us that the EU was more than a Common Market”. It suggests that the EU has changed its essence, or that the electorate was lied to in 1975. It also allows them to justify having had a second referendum after the 1975 vote, while objecting to a referendum once we know what Brexit means.
We knew we were joining a community
21 January 2019 by