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The 1975 Britain and Europe Referendum

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.

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The 1975 Britain and Europe Referendum

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  1. The 1975 Britain and Europe Referendum Dr Robert Saunders, Queen Mary University of London

  2. ‘A Fanfare for Europe’

  3. ‘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)?’YES NO

  4. ‘Sainsbury’s Says Yes’

  5. ‘Yes’: ‘Britain in Europe’

  6. ‘No’: National Referendum Campaign

  7. Government Grant to each side: £125,000 National Referendum Campaign: £8,000 Britain in Europe: £1.9 million

  8. Britain in Europe The Daily Mail The Guardian The Mirror The Sun The Telegraph The Times National Referendum Campaign The Morning Star The Spectator

  9. Leadership

  10. Tony Benn Enoch Powell Barbara Castle Michael Foot

  11. Women and the Referendum

  12. ‘Jobs for the boys’

  13. Wales in Europe

  14. ‘After years of drift and failure, the Common Market offers an unrepeatable opportunity for a nation that lost an empire to gain a continent’.

  15. The Cold War

  16. ‘A Seventies Crisis?’

  17. The Three Day Week, 1974

  18. Referendum Day, 5 June

  19. ‘Do you think the UK should stay in the European Community (Common Market)?’ NO 32.8%

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