From the NS Archive: The Referendum Choice 30 May 1975: The
New Statesman invited 16 academics and authors to say which way they will vote in the Common Market referendum on Thursday and why.
In June 1975 Britain held a referendum to decide on whether or not the country should remain in the European Community/Common Market. A matter of days before the vote, the magazine asked a selection of leading intellectuals, from Margaret Drabble and Kenneth Tynan to AJP Taylor and AJ Ayer, which way they would vote. The reasoning behind the decisions was remarkably consistent with that given by Leavers and Remainers in the referendum of 2016. This is not, however, a case of plus ça change – in 1975 the out-of-Europe voices were on the left and the most fervent stay-inners were on the right.
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Robert Fisk exposed Tara, the organisation linked to MI5 and the Kincora scandal. His career was a counterbalance to the lies and distortions of the Murdoch media empire and its ilk. by
Village
By Joseph de Burca.
It is no exaggeration to say that Robert Fisk, who has passed away, was one of the finest journalists of the last half-century. He reported on the Troubles during the 1970s for
The Times of London before it was taken over by Rupert Murdoch, produced a book on the 1974 Ulster Workers Council strike and another on Irish neutrality during World War II. He had the dignity and self-respect to walk away from
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Many Australians watched the shit-show of the recent United States elections and questioned the level of democracy in that country. Alex Bainbridge asks if there's much of a difference here.