“No government dependent on a democratic vote could possibly agree in advance to the sacrifices which any adequate plan for European Union must involve. The people must be led slowly and unconsciously into the abandonment of their traditional economic defences, not asked.” PeopleGovernmentPlansSacrificeEconomicVoteAgreeUnionsDemocraticTraditionalDependentAdequateAbandonmentDefenceEuropean Union Author:Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft