Some Letters in the Telegraph
Sir - When Tony Blair delivered his speech in the European Parliament, he demonstrated why so many British people no longer believe a word he says. He told the MEPs: “I am a passionate pro-European. I always have been” (News, June 24).
Always? When he sought my vote in the 1982 Beaconsfield by-election, he said: “Above all, the European Economic Community takes away Britain’s freedom to follow the sort of economic policies we need,” and declared that a Labour government would take us out. The following year when he won his Sedgefield seat, he made the same statement, and added: “We’ll negotiate a withdrawal from the EEC, which has drained our natural resources and destroyed jobs.” Which is the true Tony Blair?
Gerry Hanson, Iverheath, Bucks
Sir - The Prime Minister might be hearing the “trumpets at the walls”, but he still appears to hear only the single notes, not the whole fanfare.
Ken Orme, Liverpool
Full text of his 1983 Sedgefield address is here:
From Denis Cooper
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