Understanding the relations between the UK and the European Union 7 Articles

by Stephen H

The relationship between the UK and the European Union is very complex. This stems from the way in which Edward Heath, the then Prime Minister, sold to the UK the reasons for joining the Union. He made it very clear that w...read more

by Peter Reilly

Before the Second World War the EU would have seemed an extremely unlikely advancement; Europe was made up of many strong nations with their own histories and they had all been at war with each other at some point over ter...read more

by Hadleigh Roberts

Gordon Brown, for all his shortcomings, is an exceptionally fortunate politician. For a while, it seemed as though the Iron Chancellor was invincible; he dealt with floods, terrorists and foot-and-mouth disease all in his ...read more

by Carol Noble

To understand the relationship between the UK and the European Union it is necessary to recognise how different the UK was before the EEC Treaty brought the UK into closer ties with several European Countries. Britain, ...read more

by Mark Hopkins

Relations between the UK and the EU can be said to exist on two levels, governmental and 'street level'. At governmental level relations are good as virtually all responsible politicians see that, having divested itself o...read more

by Solstar

The European Union is seen in a poor light in Britain, this is due to the fact that they are constantly trying to devolve power from each country and have a centralized European government, they have already introduced a s...read more

by Dan Brown

There are 3 positions taken in the UK regarding the European Union. Eurosceptic, pro-European and somebody who wants to be in Europe, but not run by Europe. I place myself in the Eurosceptic camp. This is because what w...read more