Thatcher calls for EU renegotiation

London - The former Tory leader, Baroness Thatcher, has called on the next Conservative government to seek a "fundamental renegotiation…

London - The former Tory leader, Baroness Thatcher, has called on the next Conservative government to seek a "fundamental renegotiation" of Britain's relations with the EU.

While stopping short of demanding withdrawal from the EU, she made it clear that she regarded such a move as far from unthinkable and even suggested that the UK should join the North American Free Trade Agreement. Her comments came in a book serialised in the London Times.

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