[FONT=&]‘Won’t you join our Common Market?’ said the spider to the fly,[/FONT]
[FONT=&]‘It really is a winner and the cost is not too high’.[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT=&]‘I know De Gaulle said ’’ Non’’, but he [/FONT][FONT=&]hadn't[/FONT][FONT=&] got a clue,[/FONT]
[FONT=&]‘We want you in, my friends and I, as we have plans for you. [/FONT]
[FONT=&]‘You’ll have to pay - a little more - than we do, just for now,[/FONT]
[FONT=&]‘As Herr Kohl said, and I agree, we need a new milch cow,[/FONT]
[FONT=&]‘It’s just a continental term, believe me , Mon ami,
‘Like ‘’Vive la France’’ or ‘’Mad Anglais’’ or even ‘’E.E.C.’’. [/FONT]
[FONT=&]‘As to the rules, don’t worry friend, there’s really but a few,[/FONT]
[FONT=&]‘You’ll find that we ignore them - but they all apply to you.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]‘Give and share between us, that’s what it’s all about,[/FONT]
[FONT=&]‘You do all the giving, and we all share it out. [/FONT]
[FONT=&]‘It’s very British, is it not, to help a friend in need?[/FONT][FONT=&]
[/FONT][FONT=&]‘[/FONT][FONT=&]You've[/FONT][FONT=&] done it twice in two World Wars, a fact we must concede.[/FONT][FONT=&]
[/FONT][FONT=&]‘So climb aboard the Market Train, don’t sit there on the side,[/FONT]
[FONT=&]‘Your continental cousins want to take you for a ride’[/FONT]
[FONT=&]ANON d'EUROPA
David.[/FONT]