The UK and the EU: An uneasy history
Alex Hunt and Paula Harvey
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As the UK's political parties prepare for a general election on 12 December, the issue of whether the nation will remain in the European Union continues to dominate proceedings – and also what sort of relationship it will have with the bloc if it does leave. Here we look at the tumultuous journey that brought the UK to this crossroads, starting in 1946 with Winston Churchill. 

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