31-01-2006, 18:23
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Re: A pint too far?
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Originally Posted by Tealeaf
Wrong, as usual Garinda. The referendum was in 1975 -after our joining of the Common Market - and wording on the ballot was something like "Do you accept the renegotiated terms of the UK membership of the Common Market". Those "terms" were meaningless; the usual Wilsonian bull**** of its day.
We have never had a simple referendum on the Common Market, the question being "Do we stay in or get out"; I know where my cross would go.
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I appologise most humbly. I was eight, my only excuse.
For my penance I'll wear glasses and shave all my hair off, in tribute to you.
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