Talk:British European Communities membership referendum, 1975

Query
"The majority of the Labour Party leadership was strongly for continuing membership," but 38 members of the Government were to vote against continuing membership.Jatrius 20:50, 16 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I suspect the statement refers to the Cabinet, and in particular the senior Ministers (Wilson, Healey, Jenkins, and to a lesser extent Callaghan), though I think it should be sourced. Sam Blacketer (talk) 12:55, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Article tone concern
I have a niggling concern that this article has fallen prey to the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy, and is trying to write about the referendum in terms relevant to the European debate of today. In doing so it is dangerously close to endorsing a point of view, for instance the apparent surprise that the centre-right newspapers like the Telegraph and the Mail supported a Yes vote. If there was a referendum today, that might be a surprise, but it was certainly no surprise in 1975. Then the passage on the Labour Party's decision seems to be missing a crucial source - who says that if the special party conference had voted by over two to one, the party machine would have campaigned? Sam Blacketer (talk) 12:55, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:47, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

UK Referenda
Unless I'm mistaken, this referendum is the only nationwide referendum ever to be held in the UK? If so, I think that merits some mention in the article, as this is a big difference between the UK and countries like the Republic of Ireland or Switzerland that have held numerous important referenda in their modern history. --Benwilson528 (talk) 16:31, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Rigged
Why is there no mention of the fact that the referendum was rigged? (92.7.23.103 (talk) 17:42, 11 October 2012 (UTC))
 * If it is a fact then please provide a source. Road Wizard (talk) 18:14, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

All the sources say the vast majority of people voted for withdrawal from the Common Market, but the result was changed by the government. (92.7.23.103 (talk) 20:29, 11 October 2012 (UTC))
 * I have checked a couple of the sources listed in the article and they make no such claim. Can you please identify a particular source that supports your statement? Road Wizard (talk) 20:38, 11 October 2012 (UTC)