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David Gauke
@DavidGauke
Former MP, Minister & left arm spin bowler. Writes columns. Editor ‘The Case for the Centre Right’, published 29 September. All views my own.
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Nobody forced Eastern European countries to join NATO or the EU. Those countries did so because that’s what their democratically elected governments wanted. But Nigel Farage wanted Russia to have a veto on other countries exercising their national sovereignty.