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‘Social Europe’ is a chimera

PUBLICATION of the proposed ballot paper for the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union serves to concentrate attention on what will be a crucial vote.

The Electoral Commission has had a key role in changing the government’s preference for a Yes/No choice to spelling out the options as “Remain a member of the European Union” and “Leave the European Union.”

The commission will have work on its hands to prevent the government from pulling a fast one to secure its goal of locking us into a big business Europe.

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