| ID | 167903 |
| Title Proper | Do We Want a Referendum on the Common Market? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Duff, Andrew |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In March 1975 Britain quarrelled about whether to hold a referendum on membership of the European Community. The Hansard Society organised an important debate about it between Enoch Powell, Geoffrey Howe, John Mackintosh and Keith Kyle. This is a report on that event drawn from a recently discovered recording. Many of the arguments deployed then are being repeated in today's debate about a ‘people's vote'—including the long‐term effects on the UK's constitution of having recourse to the referendum device. |
| `In' analytical Note | Political Quarterly Vol. 90, No.2; Apr-Jun 2019: p.274-277 |
| Journal Source | Political Quarterly 2019-06 90, 2 |
| Key Words | Referendum ; Common Market |