The mess they made of the economy? What? Previous to Thatcher yeah. She tried to correct it, and it worked, look at the gift that Labour were handed.
The Conservatives took us in to the European Economic Community, but Labour wanted us to be in it too, so you can't try and throw that card
Our country dosn't have to abide by anything, we can drop out of the EU if we want, we just have to reverse an act of parliament..