1.   Critics were quick to point out that his position on British membership in the European Common Market had flipflopped over the years.

2.   He was an internationalist, an Arabist and an early enthusiast for British membership of the European Economic Community.

3.   However, Blair repeated earlier statements that he saw economic benefits in eventual British membership.

4.   Major has refused to rule out future British membership in a future single European currency and that the question might have to be put to a referendum.

5.   The Labor Party used to be the home of Little Englanders opposed to British membership in the European Community and generally suspicious of foreigners.

6.   The last time Labor was in power, two decades ago, it was bitterly divided into factions for and against continued British membership.

7.   British membership would be subject to a referendum, and opinion polls have consistently recorded majorities opposed to the currency.

8.   French President Charles de Gaulle vetoes British membership.

9.   Powell was an early advocate of selling nationalized industries to private owners, and a consistent opponent of British membership in the European Common Market.

10.   Thatcher also advocates British membership in the North American Free Trade Agreement.