Harold 1 - 0 David/ Theresa

[Canary42]

Apparently (according to a right wing newspaper) Labour were ready for a Brexit in 1975 (the previous referendum from Harold Wilson). Hardly the case with May's mob.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/03/04/officials-ready-brexit-past-could-better-had-allowed-plan/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_pdis-oath_registration_regeditorial-awar_feed_politics_A155_A940_C008442&utm_source=tmgoff&utm_medium=tmgoff_pdis-oath&utm_content=registration_regeditorial&utm_campaign=tmgoff_pdis-oath_registration_regeditorial-awar_feed_politics_A155_A940_C008442

[Old_Geezer]

Probably less to unravel then. And a shorter time of change so reestablishing a previous state possibly less complex.

Today I hope most accept the realistic withdrawal would need more sorting of issues as they appear rather than waste resource planning for what turns out to be a red herring.

[ichkeria]

Surely not comparable. In 1975 we’d only been in the EEC for two years.

[Gromit]

In opposition when Heath took us into the EEC, Wilson was against joining. After gaining power in 1974 and holding a referendum in 1975, the Labour leadership favoured favoured staying. But it was a free vote so many left wing Labour MPs, Tony Benn etc campaigned to leave.

[youngmafbog]

The EU was not around then, it was a totally different beast.

#However, hats off to them if they were ready to go.