On Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 5:54:12 AM UTC-5, antcapet wrote: > > Churchill & Brexit again in today's Observer : > > > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/09/david-lammy-brexit-is-a-betrayal > > > The Rt Hon David Lammy MP (Lab.-Tottenham) is an accomplished former minister, and the Brexit debate is for Britons to decide. But Churchill's views on Europe should not be misrepresented. They were that Britain, the Commonwealth should be friendly and encouraging, but not integrated. From the final Document Volume 23 of the official biography, to be published in mid-2019:
Winston S. Churchill to Members of the Cabinet (Cabinet papers, 129/48) 29 November 1951 Secret Cabinet Paper No. 32 of 1951 UNITED EUROPE It may simplify discussion if I set forth briefly my own view and the line I have followed so far. 1. At Zürich in 1946 I appealed to France to take the lead in Europe by making friends with the Germans, ‘burying the thousand-year quarrel’, &c. This caused a shock at the time but progress has been continual. I always recognised that, as Germany is potentially so much stronger than France, militarily and economically, Britain and if possible the United States should be associated with United Europe, to make an even balance and to promote the United Europe Movement. 2. As year by year the project advanced, the Federal Movement in many European countries who participated became prominent. It has in the last two years lost much of its original force. The American mind jumps much too lightly over its many difficulties. I am not opposed to a European Federation including (eventually) the countries behind the Iron Curtain, provided that this comes about naturally and gradually. But I never thought that Britain or the British Commonwealths should, either individually or collectively, become an integral part of a European Federation, and have never given the slightest support to the idea. We should not, however, obstruct but rather favour the movement to closer European unity and try to get the United States’ support in this work. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
