Quote Originally Posted by longway
a) Not sure what you are trying to show with this article,
It is not an article, it is a excerpt from the 1975 referendum pamphlet distributed to every household in the UK at the time.

I can only take so much 'stupid' in a week, so you'll have to wait until next week for a reply to your post. With luck, you will have understood your failings in comprehension by then.