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"Madam President, sitting through this morning’s debate was a bit like George Orwell’s two minute hate – or rather two hour hate – the subject being the budget and the target being Britain. No one would have gathered, listening to the debate this morning that at least eight and, on some definition, 12 of the 27 national governments have threatened to veto the financial perspective. All of the sneering was directed at us, led as always by Mr Verhofstadt, but with applause coming from every quarter of the Chamber.
I am afraid it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that we are simply not popular. I do not mean us politicians, but the people who return us here, which is why the single best reason for us to change our relations with the EU, to become an independent country again, is to improve our relations with our neighbours and take this poison out of the relationship between Britain and the continent. You would lose a bad tenant. You would gain a good neighbour."@en1
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