John Enoch Powell a britský euroskepticismus na přelomu šedesátých a sedmdesátých let dvacátého století

Enoch Powell was the first authenticBritish eurosceptic and generally important British politician with ideology of greatscope and importance. Margaret Thatcher declared that “He was first on Europe”. Milton Friedman said “He was the only man in Britain who knew what to dowith economy”. This article goes chronologically through his political career and shows gradualdevelopment of Powell’s thinking. Special emphases is set on his most brilliantthoughts on European political integration, defense of parliament democracy andeconomic policy. His than lonely voice made it to history because of his vigour. Hesaw the EMU as a tool for French or German dominance on the Continent. Creationof common European political entity of any kind was a complete nonsense to him. He was alsothe first representative of return to Conservative economic policy in the 80’s.