Paul Reynolds An early example is to be found in the White Paper of 1971 'The [UK] and the [EC]':

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'There is no question of any erosion of national sovereignty..'

For why this was a big lie, see doortofreedom.uk/a-big-lie

Paul Reynolds Concerning which Andrew Alexander wrote in the Telegraph in July 1971: 'that is a plain lie'

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Paul Reynolds Alexander was shown to be correct with the release in 2001 under the 30 year rule of a 1970 confidential Foreign Office memo (FCO 30/789) which acknowledged that the Werner Plan would result in 'the surrender of national prerogatives':

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Andrew Chapman Paul Reynolds The sentence was in section about the council and relates to sovereignty lost when we lose
a vote, it was not about sovereignty in general. Hella Pick got it right, Alexander got it wrong

Andrew Chapman Paul Reynolds Wrong section, here is the whole thing. Second column.