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One of human nature’s most popular impulses is to eat your cake and still have it in front of you. This is especially true in politics, where persuading everybody that you are keeping them happy can mean the difference between office and obscurity. In Britain we are seeing the crucial debate over the future of the European Community and our participation in it develop in these terms.
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Black, C. (1992). Conservatism and the Paradox of Europe. In: Robertson, P. (eds) Reshaping Europe in the Twenty-First Century. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21847-9_5
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