I must be absolutely clear about this. Britain cannot accept the present situation on the Budget. It is demonstrably unjust. It is politically indefensible: I cannot play Sister Bountiful to the Community while my own electorate are being asked to forego improvements in the fields of health, education, welfare and the rest.
"Europe - the obligations of liberty". Margaret Thatcher's Winston Churchill Memorial Lecture regarding the UK's contribution to the European Community budget, October 18, 1979.