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It's composed of us and our allies.
You really need to take off the rose tinted glasses John. Whilst we are a member of the EU, in truth it's controlled by an unelected body that has us there for paying money into the coffers, but would rather we shut up and accepted our place in the scheme they've always been pursuing. Yes, if we're not in it, we can't have any influence, but we're never going to do much more than be a drag on it's designs. But out of it, we won't get dragged down when it goes under.
please show us where he used those words
No, Blair himself didn't use those words himself, but as one of his former advisors admitted the policy, I think it's reasonable enough to attribute the quote to him.
And here's the link before you start any of your pedantic no he didn't say it, so it can't really be true games.