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In 1975 you will each have the responsibility of deciding by vote whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Common Market, or whether we should withdraw completely and remain an independent self-governing nation. That decision, once taken, will almost certainly be irreversible.
The full text of the letter sent by the Rt Hon. Anthony Wedgwood Benn, MP, on 29 December 1974 to his constituents in Bristol South East as a New Year Message for 1975 in which he drew to their attention the consequences for the self-governing rights of the British people if membership of the Common Market were to continue. The decision was voted on by the British people in a Referendum during 1975.
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Benn, T. (1996). The Common Market: Loss of Self-Government. In: Holmes, M. (eds) The Eurosceptical Reader. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24979-4_3
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