After five years of flip-flopping over whether or not he really favors British participation in the Common Market, Harold Wilson slid gingerly off the fence last week. In Parliament, the Prime Minister announced that "Her Majesty's government have decided to recommend to the British people that they should vote [in a June referendum] in favor of staying in the Community." Wilson's words were greeted with considerable cynicism. "Large numbers on this side always thought you would do it," sarcastically observed William Hamilton, a pro-Market Labor M.P. Added Liberal Party Chief Jeremy...
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