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We are the European party in Parliament and among British people – Margaret Thatcher

January 2, 2024 - 2:47 pm

Back when not only Ted Heath but also Margaret Thatcher were cited as pro-Europeans and the Conservatives wanted closer cooperation on foreign policy across the EU (the European Community as was), for the 1984 European Parliament elections:

We are the European party in Parliament and among British people – Margaret Thatcher

For more gems from past election leaflets, see my collection How leaflets used to look.

2 responses to “We are the European party in Parliament and among British people – Margaret Thatcher”

1. Liberal Democrats are now the only party for Europe. It would be a big mistake if we don’t capitalise on that in the coming election.

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2. I like that these leaflets are about what Conservative MEPs would do in the European Parliament to shape the (then) EEC. Did [centre party] ever campaign this way (i.e. how we would make the bloc more liberal)? I found it very frustrating that Lib Dem EU election campaigns hardly ever mentioned this. Whether you are pro or anti EU was always a domestic issue, not a European issue as such. Perhaps voters would have understood the EU better if our EU election campaigns had focused on what MEPs actually do.

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