Letter: Doubts of the Tory rank and file
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Opinion polls are not running in favour of ratification of Maastricht, but I suspect six months ago the gap would have been a good deal closer. Who knows what it will be in six months' time. With little detailed information about what Maastricht actually means, public opinion is bound to be fickle.
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Yours faithfully,
MICHAEL DUNK
Industrial Chaplain and Diocesan European Officer
Diocese of Birmingham
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