Does my right hon. Friend agree that part of the difficulty with the position of many Conservative MPs is that they think power is a zero-sum game? They think that either we have got it, Brussels has got it, the UN has it, or the Commonwealth has it, rather than acknowledging the concept of leverage, through which on occasion, by sharing power, the United Kingdom increases our power.
European Union (Amendment) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Rob Marris
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 11 March 2008.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union (Amendment) Bill.
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