Yes, many of #Britain's #Tory's never understood that there was much more necessary change involved when the members of the #EuropeanEconomicCommunity (#EEC) signed the #MaastrichtTreaty and became the #EuropeanCommunity, one ?of the 3 pillars of the #EuropeanUnion (#EU, 2009).
For a nation to prosper, it is not only about #economics, but also about #social, #fiscal, #jurisprudence, and #security issues, among others.
Trade-blocks-only is 1957 thinking. (Treaty of Rome)