On 5 June 1975, voters went to the polls in Britain's first
national referendum to decide whether the UK should remain in the
European Community. As in 2016, the campaign shattered old
political allegiances and triggered a far-reaching debate on
Britain's place in the world. The campaign to stay in stretched
from the Conservative Party - under its new leader, Margaret
Thatcher - to the Labour government, the farming unions and the
Confederation of British Industry. Those fighting to 'Get Britain
Out' ranged from Enoch Powell and Tony Benn to Scottish and Welsh
nationalists. Footballers, actors and celebrities joined the
campaign trail, as did clergymen, students, women's groups and
paramilitaries. In a panoramic survey of 1970s Britain, this volume
offers the first modern history of the referendum, asking why
voters said 'Yes to Europe' and why the result did not, as some
hoped, bring the European debate in Britain to a close.
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