the 1975 britain and europe referendum
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The 1975 Britain and Europe Referendum. Dr Robert Saunders, Queen Mary University of London. ‘A Fanfare for Europe’. ‘ The Government has announced the results of the renegotiation of the United Kingdom’s terms of membership in the European Community. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The 1975 Britain and Europe Referendum
Dr Robert Saunders, Queen Mary University of London
‘A Fanfare for Europe’
‘The Government has announced the results of the renegotiation of the
United Kingdom’s terms of membership in the European Community.
Do you think that the United Kingdom should stay in the European
Community (Common Market)?’
YESNO
‘Sainsbury’s Says Yes’
‘Yes’: ‘Britain in Europe’
‘No’: National Referendum Campaign
National Referendum Campaign: £8,000
Britain in Europe: £1.9 million
Government Grant to each side: £125,000
Britain in Europe
The Daily Mail
The Guardian
The Mirror
The Sun
The Telegraph
The Times
National Referendum Campaign
The Morning Star
The Spectator
Leadership
Tony Benn Enoch Powell
Barbara Castle Michael Foot
Women and the Referendum
‘Jobs for the boys’
Wales in Europe
• ‘After years of drift and failure, the Common Market offers an unrepeatable opportunity for a nation that lost an empire to gain a continent’.
The Cold War
‘A Seventies Crisis?’
The Three Day Week, 1974
Referendum Day, 5 June
‘Do you think the UK should stay in the European Community
(Common Market)?’
NO32.8%