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The New Penguin History of The World

Book by John Morris Roberts · 2 quotes · Democracy, European Union, Great Britain

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All Democracy European Union Great Britain Prescience

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“For a quarter-century British governments had tried and failed to combine economic growth, increased social service provision and a high level of employment. The second depended ultimately on the first, but when difficulty arose, the first had always been sacrificed to the other two. The United Kingdom was, after all, a democracy whose votes, greedy and gullible, had to be placated.”

Democracy Great Britain

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“Outsiders became keen to join an organization [European Community] that offered attractive bribes to the poor. Greece did so in 1981 and Spain and Portugal in 1986.” - written before 2003.”

European Union Prescience

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