โ Every British Prime Minister from 1957 to 2016
๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ก ๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ง๐ฌ
From 1957 to 2016, EVERY Prime Minister wanted Britain IN the European Community.
How things have changed.
Since the 2016 referendum, every Prime Minister has wanted Britain OUT of the European Community.
And whoever becomes our next Prime Minister on 4 July - whether Rishi Sunak or the pollstersโ favourite, Keir Starmer - weโre promised another five years of Brexit.
Even though polls consistently show thatโs not what the country wants.
Here are the ten consecutive Prime Ministers who all wanted our country to be a member of the European Community.
(Churchill is excluded because, although he supported the formation of a union of European countries, he didn't as PM think we should join, because we already had our Empire. His view changed when it became obvious in the late 1950s that our Empire was finished. See churchill.eu-ro...)
โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก - ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฑ๐ณ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฏ
In 1961, Mr Macmillan applied for Britain to join the European Economic Community, just four years after it was formed.
โก ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐๐๐๐ฆ-๐๐ข๐ ๐ - ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ
โข ๐๐๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ - ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐, ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ
It was Edward Heath who successfully negotiated Britainโs membership of the European Community, after winning the 1970 general election on a manifesto promise to join, and following the backing of Parliament after 300 hours of debate on whether we should join.
โฃ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ก - ๐๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ฒ
In 1975 Harold Wilson offered the nation a referendum on whether to remain a member of the European Community. The โYesโ vote won by a landslide - 67% to 33%.
โค ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก - ๐๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ต
โฅ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฅ - ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐, ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ฌ
โฆ ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ - ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐, ๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ฌ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ณ
โง ๐ง๐ข๐ก๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ - ๐๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ณ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ณ
โจ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ก - ๐๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ณ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ
โฉ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ก - ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ
All these 10 Prime Ministers had good points and bad points. They also had different policies and certainly didnโt agree on everything.
But during their premierships, they all - without exception - agreed on one thing: that membership of the European Community was in Britainโs best interests.
Could they ALL have been wrong?
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