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...venture. Despite those ringing words, suspicion began to grow about the depth of Wilson's commitment to joining the six-member European Economic Community. By March 1970, with an election imminent and the polls showing heavy antiMarket sentiment, Wilson seemed so uncertain about it that Tory Leader Edward Heath, who was to replace him as Prime Minister three months later, asked archly: "Is he or is he not going...
...ever since the invasion. Their relationship with the locals has been happy. Last year, on the anniversary of Operation Sheepskin, the occupation forces solemnly judged sack races and high jumps at a field day while older Anguillans tacked up signs reading ST. KITTS NEVER-BRITAIN FOREVER. Prime Minister Edward Heath's Conservative government eventually came to the reluctant conclusion that the Anguillans simply would not accept an association with their neighbors, and that colonial status for an unspecified period was the best course for the island. Last week, without opposition, a bill was quietly introduced in Commons to make...
Publicity Campaign. Heath has organized an elaborate publicity campaign to persuade dubious British voters (57% antiMarket by the latest polls, 25% pro, the rest undecided) that joining Europe is Britain's best course. The Tory government will distribute 5,000,000 copies of a shorter version of the White Paper, and there will be a whirlwind speaking tour by Conservative leaders...
Neither the Tories nor the Laborites are anywhere near unity on joining the Six. Despite a hard core of right-wing Market foes within his Conservative Party, Heath has firmly declared that he will insist on strict party discipline when the final ballot is taken in Commons...
...majority of the Labor Party is anti-Market-a sentiment shared by most trade unions. Wilson has said that his duty as leader is to keep the Labor Party united. In an abrasive televised reply to Heath last week, Wilson challenged the EEC entry terms as "too costly." But when the Labor Party meets to discuss the EEC issue later this week, he will still remain astraddle the fence. He may also allow a free vote on the EEC issue in Commons. Wilson is mindful of the tragic case of onetime Labor Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, who split the party...