Opinion forming
THE growing unpopularity of the European Union in Britain is not surprising, pro-Europeans believe, because so few British politicians are willing to speak out for the EU. Evidence of that came on March 2nd when Stephen Dorrell, the health secretary--in his youth a Eurofanatic--broke ranks with cabinet policy to rule out Britain entering a single currency on January 1st 1999. Mr Dorrell later explained that he had forgotten what the cabinet line was. As he wants to lead a daily-more-sceptical Tory party after John Major, most commentators suggested he pull the other one.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Opinion forming”
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