Well, of all the ingenious ways to concoct a rationale. It is very instructive that out of all the 250 words, he chose to leave out the reference to the challenge to the European version of the financial transaction tax. He could have chosen many others. It is revealing that that is the part of the motion that he thought should be removed.
Financial Transaction Tax and Economic and Monetary Union
Proceeding contribution from
Greg Clark
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 18 June 2013.
It occurred during Debate on Financial Transaction Tax and Economic and Monetary Union.
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