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.
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