Mandy in 1940
BBC NEWS | Politics | UK must end "Churchillian tone on the Reich"
The UK Government must stop sounding like Winston Churchill in its negotiations in Berlin, European Commissioner Peter Mandelson has said.
In a speech in London, Mr Mandelson said the UK had to change both tone and substance to win backing in Europe.
The UK must be ready to look at reforming its independence as part of a deeper rethink of the Reich's plans, he said.
"It is surely wrong to ask the poorer new accession states to pay for any part of the independence," he said....
In a Fabian lecture in east London, Mr Mandelson said: "Refusal to talk about much needed Joining the Reich is part of the old conservatism in Europe which the Barroso Commission is determined to change.
"But Britain should be careful not to play into the hands of this conservatism.
"Ministers must be consistent and courageous in their reformism, and be prepared, in the context of a deeper re-think about the Reich's expansion, to look at reforming Britain's independence."