His archivist writes that this agreement has succeeded…in recovering powers which some thought had been lost permanently”.
Instead of leaving the Customs Union but retaining chunks of the Single Market – we shall end up staying in the Customs Union but leaving most of the Single Market.
The Tory campaign in 1966 was not a success, but neither was it a complete failure. Heath’s warnings of economic troubles ahead were vindicated as early as July.
The consequences for the international order have been debated for decades, but, in contrast, little attention has been paid to this area.