Who would you support in the 1975 EEC Referendum?

In 1975 the UK held its first referendum on membership of the EEC, the predecessor to the European Union. In this first referendum Britain overwhelmingly voted to stay in the communities, with the EEC supported by the mainstream of politics, with the radical fringes of both the left and right supporting an exit.

Where do you stand in the 1975 referendum? This quiz differentiates between six categories: the Eurosceptics (Socialist Left, Conservative Nationalists, and 'Out of Europe and In to the World') and Remainers (the Labour Leadership, the Passionate European, and the Liberal Party)

Created by: Daniel

What do you think of British sovereignty?
- We need to take back control from Brussels to protect British workers from capitalism. Socialism can only be developed through a strong Westminster government.
- The EEC has threatened our millennia long history of independence. We need to leave the EEC to restore power to our sovereign Parliament.
- Through membership of the EEC we have lost our ability to conduct deals with other parts of the world, we need to restore this power to Britain.
- Sovereignty is not an absolute good, in the modern world Britain can't stand on its own and we need to trade some sovereignty to gain influence in the world. This is why membership of the EEC is important.
- Sovereignty is irrelevant, we need to remove power from Westminster upwards to a European Parliament and down to the nations and regions of Britain.
What impact has the EEC had on jobs and industry?
- In just two years we have already lost half a million jobs to the Continent. We must leave to protect British industry.
- Leaving the EEC will cut off valuable trade links which will result in British job losses. We must stay to protect our economy
- The EEC is Britain's hope for the future, after years of stagnation, the EEC can help rejuvenate the economy.
- Europe restricts the British economy, we can grow by trading with the entire world, not just a small part of Europe.
What is your opinion on defence?
- We must leave the EEC, NATO, and abolish the nuclear deterrant to become a neutral country in the Cold War.
- The EEC is not a necessity for peace in Europe, it is our continued membership of NATO which keeps the peace.
- The EEC is a vital organisation in preventing the outbreak of war again in Europe by binding the different nations together through trade and inseparable economic ties.
The Distribution of Power
- We must return all power from Brussels to its rightful place in Westminster
- I support in theory the concept of ever closer union, but Britain has a right to use its veto if we don't like any future changes
- We need a radical redistribution of power from Westminster to an elected European Parliament and to the reigions of Britain.
How does our history relate to Europe?
- Our history is exceptional and our institutions incompatible with those of other European countries.
- Our history is of gradual Parliamentary and socialist reform from the Levellers to the modern Labour Party. The EEC is a threat to this development.
- The legacy of conflict in Europe this century means we must put aside our national identity and work together to keep peace on the Continent.
The Cost of Living
- The EEC is stockpiling food in giant warehouses to increase prices for working people
- The EEC is stockpiling food to sell to communist Russia and other countries at the expense of Britain
- The so-called 'food mountains' are to prevent future shortages and rationing such as happened in the 1940s and 50s. Food would be more expensive outside the EEC.
- The food mountains are not the main problem with the EEC - the problem is the imposition of external tariffs. We can get cheaper food from the rest of the world.
The role of the Commonwealth
- We share strong historic bonds with the Commonwealth, and they should be our primary allies and trading partners
- The Commonwealth is a relic of the Imperial past, we should focus on our immediate neighbours in Europe
- Both the Commonwealth and the EEC are irrelevant, we should instead build a socialist state.
Democracy
- The EEC is fundamentally undemocratic - we can only have democracy by returning all power to Parliament.
- The EEC is not democratic, it is fundamentally controlled by business interests - we need to return power to a Labour government
- The EEC will hold elections for a Parliament from 1979, it is becoming a democratic institution.
The Renegotiation
- Harold Wilson's renegotiation of our membership terms has allowed us to have all the good parts of the EEC, and be exempt from the bad parts. It is a good compromise
- Wilson's renegotiation does not solve the fundamental problems. We must leave the EEC
- The renegotiation was unnecessary - we should embrace ever closer union.
How would you have voted in the October 1974 General Election?
- Labour
- Conservative
- Liberal

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