Quote Kosh="Kosh"Wrong again. Churchill saw Britain being at the heart of it.'"
What is your source for that assertion? Churchill's September 1946 speech on the subject ended:
"The first step is to form a Council of Europe.
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In all this urgent work, France and Germany must take the lead together.
Great Britain, the British Commonwealth of Nations, mighty America, and I trust a Soviet Russia - for then indeed all would be well - must be the friends and sponsors of the new Europe and must champion its right to live and shine."