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Lilley: TTIP a threat to our democracy
Thatcher’s trade minister turns on Tories to savage ‘improper corporate influence’ at the heart of the EU-US agreement
A TRADE minister under Margaret Thatcher shocked Tory colleagues yesterday by warning that TTIP goes “far beyond” free trade and would damage British democracy.
Peter Lilley, who is also a former Tory deputy leader, dealt the unlikely blow to government cheerleaders of the EU-US trade deal in a Commons debate.
Mr Lilley stressed his support for free markets and claimed to be the last serving MP to have successfully negotiated a similar trade deal.
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