On 16 April 1975, Margaret Thatcher said this to the Conservative Group for Europe:
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It is a myth that our membership of the Community will suffocate national tradition and culture.By 26 August 1997, however, The Daily Mail was saying this:
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The European Union has a map showing Britain divided into areas such as the European Region of Scotland with ENGLAND NO LONGER SO-CALLED, but divided into four ‘European regions’.On 15 April 1999, The Sun added:
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The EU has mapped out its dream of the future – a Europe without England. A chart sent to businesses, schools and libraries shows Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as parts of Europe. But cheeky Eurocrats, hell-bent on a federal superstate, HAVE NOT MARKED ENGLAND. Instead it is simply represented by nine regions.On 13 November 2001, The Wirral Globe, no less, chipped in patriotically:
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THE ENGLISH NO LONGER EXIST, according to the European Commission’s publication of maps of the United Kingdom.They show Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, BUT NOT ENGLAND AS AN ENTITY OR COUNTRY. Instead, it shows where England used to be – from Northumbria to Cornwall as nine different ‘regions of the European Union’.ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH HAVE BEEN ETHNICALLY, RACIALLY AND NATIONALLY CLEANSED WITHOUT A SINGLE SHOT BEING FIRED.
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The regions used by the European Union for Statistics for maps ARE CHOSEN BY MEMBER STATES. In the case of the UK, the EU uses the regional division CHOSEN BY THE UK GOVERNMENT…The regions of England are referred to as Economic Planning Regions as PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED BY THE UK GOVERNMENT. If England was designated as a separate regional entity (as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are) BY THE UK GOVERNMENT, then it would have been mentioned on the map. The internal administrative boundaries of a Member State IS A MATTER FOR EACH MEMBER STATE to determine.
