left should not be 'and-European. But it is faling into an obvicus trap to sar that those who are ant-EC and anti Maastricht are 'ant-European'. It is a short-sighted pragmatism to believe that the only way to be European is to support the capitalist juggernaut under construction.
Paimer waxes indignant over the crude Englandism' of many opponents of Manticht. Shouldn' we be a bit un somfortable about being in the same Nicholas Ridley?
It is quite true that there is crude nationalism in the labour movement over the EC. We should not capitulate to it. But that in itself tells us absolutely sothine about what policy to adopt owards Maastricht The argument se in the same camp as John Majo Francois Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl For John Palmer the left is 'confused, wrong-headed and downright perverse over Maastent. out te Fortress Europe which Maastricht imoles is an alack on workers. migrants, asylum seekers and third world. It is confused, wrongheaded and downright perverse not to Soht it tooth and nat No. 26 July/Aug, 1992 Page 3