Battle of Britain mastermind Sir Hugh Dowding's warning of how EU posed a 'terrible menace' (TR)

UK Daily Mail ^ | 09/03/2018 | Martin Robinson

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The war hero who masterminded victory in the Battle of Britain later warned of a new 'terrible menace' the country faced before the UK joined the EU, it was revealed today.

RAF supremo Sir Hugh Dowding claimed in 1961 that 'all the unemployables' of Europe would 'invade' Britain if the country were to join the then European Economic Community.

Sir Hugh, nicknamed 'Stuffy' by pilots because he was so aloof, added that in doing so, the newly-formed organisation would 'succeed where Hitler failed'

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Full title : Battle of Britain mastermind Sir Hugh Dowding's warning of how EU posed a 'terrible menace' that would 'succeed where Hitler failed' is revealed in letter sent 12 years before the UK joined

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Mr dear Lord Beaverbrook,

A lordly cheese has arrived from the west country. It will receive the same welcome here as did your last one. I have to apologise to you for not earlier acknowledging your kindness in sending a cheque for ...

I have been laid out with rheumatoid arthritis since February. In the last half of May I went to a sort of nursing home with lots of massages and baths and a very ... diet.

It did me a lot of good but did not cure the trouble which is now more tiresome than prostrating. Anyway, your letter came while I was at the home and as the authorities took the opportunity of making hay in my study under the pretext of spring cleaning, I have only just unearthed the letter.

So please don’t think that Alison has been remiss, the fault is entirely mine.

What a terrible menace this European Common Market is. All the unemployables of Europe will invade us & succeed where Hitler failed.

I think that even Macmillan is a bit shaken by the amount of opposition he is meeting.

I wish you well in your paper’s fight against it.

Again many thanks for all your kindness.

Your very sincerely,

Hugh Dowding

[ActresponsiblyinVA]

Diversity is our strength.

[Robert DeLong]

It's hard to believe that the EU has been a part of, what is now known as the EU, since 1973. I somewhat remember when the talks were about the UK pound joining in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism. I guess I was probably thinking that is when they joined the EU. Of course I wasn't nearly as political then as I am today. That was probably when I started paying more attention than I had in the past.

[Will88]

It’s not rocket science. If it’s allowed, massive numbers of the poor will leave poor nations for affluent nations and all the nitwit blather about diversity and multiculturalism will not lessen the massive problems and expense such movement will cause for receiving nations.

[Reverend Wright]

In the 1975 Referendum, the people who predicted that UK joining the EU would lead to a monstrous German/European tyranny ruling Britain were dismissed as crazy and exaggerating.

If the EU of 2016 had been known in the 1975 Referendum, they wouldn’t have even got ten percent of the vote !

They almost “boiled the frog”, but by God’s Grace, the people of Britain rose up and reclaimed their future.

Go Brexit !

Go Trump !

[Capt. Tom]

England avoided the Schengen agreement to it's credit.

DELTA-
The Schengen Agreement removes immigration control between Member States, effectively creating a ''borderless'' region, known as the ''Schengen Area''.

The Schengen Member States are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Hitler finds out he failed.

[iowamark]

A lordly cheese? Is that good or bad?

[az_gila]

In the 1975 Referendum, the people who predicted that UK joining the EU would lead to a monstrous German/European tyranny ruling Britain were dismissed as crazy and exaggerating.

If the EU of 2016 had been known in the 1975 Referendum, they wouldn’t have even got ten percent of the vote !

They almost “boiled the frog”, but by God’s Grace, the people of Britain rose up and reclaimed their future.

Go Brexit !

Go Trump !

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Your comment is absolutely correct. The previous time line chart and words are a bit confusing with labels.

The UK referendum vote in 1975 was this -

Do you think that the United Kingdom should stay in the European Community (the Common Market)?

The original vote of Parliament was to join the European Communities - These were the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), and the European Economic Community (EEC).

It basically was a big trade agreement until 1991 when it became the European Union.

The UK was suckered into the EU trough a trade agreement that then became it's political Overlord...:^)

[Robert DeLong]

It's hard to believe that the EU has been a part of, what is now known as the EU, since 1973.

Oops, that should say: It's hard to believe that the UK has been a part of, what is now known as the EU, since 1973.