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"Mr President, in 1975 the people of Britain voted to join the European Community as a free-trade organisation. This year we will have a referendum to decide whether we stay in the European Union. The motion before us today to have a mutual defence clause, or otherwise a European army, will help.
We joined a free-trade union; we did not want to join an empire. We did not want to join an organisation that wanted to expand its borders. We did not want to join an organisation that slaps the face of America and NATO, two entities that kept Europe safe. The European Union did not. This motion creates a permanent military headquarters. It creates a military alliance, it creates a European army. I voted against the option of allowing the European Union to be an empire with its own army. I believe in freedom and democracy and the nation-state. I believe the people of Britain will vote to leave the European Union because they want that too."@en1
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