Britain’s relationship with European integration has been a difficult one, regardless of which party has been in power (Wilson, after all, was a Labour prime minister). This was inevitable from the outset, owing to Britain’s deep and irreconcilable disagreement with virtually all other EU member states on the fundamental issue of pooling sovereignty.
无论哪党哪派掌权（威尔逊毕竟是一位工党首相），英国与欧洲一体化的关系注定将会困难重重。这种情况从一开始就不可避免，因为英国与几乎所有欧盟成员国在汇聚主权等根本问题上的分歧既深入又不可调和。