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In the 1906 General Election (and period before/after) one of the main bones of contention was Free Trade vs Imperial Preference (Tariff Reform). I've found some nice posters from the time that illustrate the debate. I'm planning to use some of these in my upcoming #Lewes talk.
The Tories & coalition partners the Liberal Unionists were pro-Tariff Reform (in the main) but they lost 1906 General Election to the Liberals who were pro-Free Trade. However, the issue didn't go away. This poster is from 1909.

Radical=Liberals
Arthur Balfour thought there was a sure way to resolve the issue once and for all.

Can you guess?

Yes, a referendum! A "People's Veto".
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This is going to be part of a presentation I'm giving soon.

This is Fruitlandia.

They heavily protect their apple growers. They love bananas, like cherries, don't care much for dates and have a near monopoly on elderberries.

What's the average tariff?

Poll in next tweet
Happy for people to give their reasoning.
Ok. Good feedback!

So now the Fruilandian bureaucrats feel that they're not getting enough granular data about import statistics, so they decide to update their tariffs schedule by carving out some fruits from "Other", but still at the 10% rate.

What now? Poll in next tweet.
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No.

I was taught that at school, but it' not correct. It's a myth. The UK was Europe's biggest recipient of Marshall Plan money.

See this article by Cambridge historian Corelli Barnett.

bbc.co.uk/history/britis…
This infographic using United States Department of State figures illustrates it nicely.
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Jim Cornelius🇪🇺🇬🇧 #WATON
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Bloody EU putting tariffs on oranges eh? Oh, hang on a minute!

This is the UK's tariff for oranges as per 1 Feb 1973. Although after accession, it is, I think, before we started aligning with the EEC's CET. So, I think representative of pre-EEC tariffs.

legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1909…
Unfortunately, the National Archives do not hold online digitised versions of two bits of legislation that would help me confirm whether there was any tariff change due to accession.

The Import Duties (General) (No. 7) Order 1971
The Import Duties (General) (No. 3) Order 1969
The UK went decimal in on 15 February 1971 and I think the 1971 order would have the conversions. The 1969 order would contain post-Kennedy Round of GATT tariff reductions.
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