Simon Heffer

How Britain was misled over Europe for 60 years

From Harold Macmillan’s government onwards, the Tories have dodged the issue of sovereignty, leaving a festering wound, says Christopher Tugendhat

Edward Heath signs the treaty bringing the UK into the European Union in January 1972. [Getty Images] 
issue 16 April 2022
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  • The Worm in the Apple: A History of the Conservative Party and Europe from Churchill to Cameron

    Christopher Tugendhat

    Haus Publishing, pp. 256, £20

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