Sir Oswald Mosley's ideal for Europe

Sir Oswald Mosley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Mosley) was the leader of the British Union of Fascists from 1932 to 1940, and then its successor organisation the British Union (1948 - 73). These spells of leadership followed posts in Parliament with the Conservative and Labour parties.

In a 1975 interview, around five years before his death, Sir Oswald spoke of the forces of deflation, trade and world finance, and advocated protectionist measures to protect the UK from them. These included a United Commonwealth, which he admitted was no longer possible, and a United Europe. The structure he suggests for the latter closely follow what the European Union imposes today - central government and regionalisation as measures of control.

From an old fascist to the present - what you see here predicted the future accurately, and no one at the time saw the UK's membership of the European Economic Community (EEC) as being part of Mosley's future, as indicated by that year's EEC membership referendum.