Now I __1__ in previous lectures about the early history of the European Union, or the European Economic Community, as it was __2__. I also talked about the reasons Britain __3__ join the EEC, and why some other members of the EEC, France in particular, __4__ that Britain should join either. One of the main reasons for this was, I suggested, that Britain felt it had __5__ the United States and with its former colonies in the Commonwealth and didn’t __6__ this relationship by joining. And after Britain’s participation in __7__, you might __8__ the British still believe they have a special relationship with the US – even if the US may not see this in the same way.