# Europe: In or Out?

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Sir Vernon Bogdanor FBA CBE
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/europe-or-out)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Britain held her first national referendum in 1975 - on whether we should remain in the European Communities, forerunner of the European Union, which we had joined in 1973. The result was a two to one majority for staying in. Party attitudes were almost the opposite to what they are today. The Labour government favoured staying in, but the party in the Commons and in the country did not. The Conservatives were enthusiastically for staying in. The nationalists in Scotland and Wales favoured leaving.

## Lectures

1. [Learning from History? The 1975 Referendum on Europe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-europe-or-out/f0c8c614213a) (YouTube)
2. [Britain and the EU: In or Out - One Year On](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-europe-or-out/5d2ea87d1071) (YouTube)