The EU was started for one purpose: peace

On Remembrance Sunday we commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.

The EU was started for one purpose: peace

Sixty-one years ago, on 25 March 1957, the Treaty of Rome was signed by six European countries to form a remarkable new community.

Britain needed many allies to win two World Wars

•  My response to a 'Brexit' poster suggesting Britain won the Second World War singled-handed

A 'Willy Wonka' poster promoting Brexit is doing the rounds suggesting that Britain won the two World Wars single-handed.

The 'meme' poster* states: 

‘So your [sic] telling me a country that won two world wars wouldn't survive on its own outside the EU’

Of course, Britain didn't win alone. We needed allies. 

The Brotherhood of Europe

On October 8th 1938, Britain's 'Children's Newspaper' ran a visionary pre-war editorial extolling the virtues of Europe as 'one Brotherhood' with a 'common interest which binds its people together'.

One year later, a vicious world war ripped Europe apart, from which it took over 60 years to recover.   If there's a lesson from history about this, it’s surely that ‘The Brotherhood of Europe’ should never be broken again.  Our strength is being united and together.