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In the 1970s and 80s, the left-wing British Labour party was generally anti-EU, whilst the right-wing Conservative party was pro-EU. By the 1990s, these positions had swapped almost completely. Why did this happen?

by /u/ajbrown141 in /r/AskHistorians

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