Thread by @PandaScottish

[thread] on "sovereignty"

"Some fears have been expressed that if Britain joins the Common Market she will cease to be able to formulate her own foreign policy and will lose her separate identity. "

"Looking at the European Community at present, it does not appear that its separate members have lost either their identity or their sovereignty. "

edition.cnn.com/2020/06/25/uk/…

"Most people when they talk of sovereignty mean the effective control over the destiny of the nation by Parliament. "

"But today we have entered into many Treaties and military alliances which limit our freedom of individual action. More and more we are becoming dependent for our future, on action in concert with other nations."

bbc.com/news/world-afr…

"To enter into commercial obligations and treaties is an exercise of sovereignty, not a derogation from it. Under treaties we accept obligations which we ourselves help to formulate. "

"Sovereignty and independence are not ends in themselves. It is no good being independent in isolation if it involves running down our economy and watching other nations outstrip us in both trade and influence."

"We should be failing in our duty to future generations if by refusing to negotiate now we committed this country to isolation from Europe for many years to come."

"Moreover unless our own economy flourishes we shall be unable to hold the Commonwealth together and its members will then turn increasingly towards Europe or America or Russia for help. "

Those words

From Margaret Thatcher 1961

margaretthatcher.org/document/101105

Roll on to the con of brexit 23rd June 16

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