Margaret Thatcher: Ex-PM described euro as a 'rush of blood to the head'
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More evidence of Margaret Thatcher's disdain for Europe in the final days of her premiership has been revealed in newly released government archives.
Notes from 1990 show the former prime minister described plans for a single European currency as a "rush of blood to the head".
She also called for the European Commission to be turned into a professional civil service.
It comes days before the UK starts a new trade relationship with the EU.
Baroness Thatcher, the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century, hit out at the "politburo" in Brussels and vowed not to be dictated to, during talks with her Irish counterpart, Charles Haughey.