 I took the view that having fought [ Europeans in the Second World War ] that we should now work with them , and co @-@ operate , and that was my first thought about it . Then how I saw how the European Union was developing , it was very obvious that what they had in mind was not democratic . ... And the way that Europe has developed is that the bankers and the multinational corporations have got very powerful positions , and if you come in on their terms , they will tell you what you can and cannot do . And that is unacceptable . My view about the European Union has always been not that I am hostile to foreigners , but that I am in favour of democracy ... I think they 're building an empire there , they want us to be a part of their empire and I don 't want that . 
