Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.168.573.2
Object Name
Poster
Title
Say NO to the Common Market
Events
Common Market Referendum
Date
1962
Description
Screen-printed red, white and black poster. Outline of the poster is red, and the bottom third of the poster has a red background. The main image on the poster is a man holding up a pole with two flags on it, the top flag is black with white writing saying "Common Market", underneath there is a black and white Union Jack. The bottom right of the image has a signature saying "eccles." The bottom of the poster says "SAY NO to the COMMON MARKET. a communist party pamphlet by Ted Ainley price 6d." Ted Ainley was a British Trade Union leader and Communist activist. The back of the poster has handwritten information in blue pen saying "July 1962," This poster was made in 1962, before the Common Market Referendum. This referendum took place on June 5 1975. This was a U.K vote to decide whether the country should remain a member of the European Communities (common market). This was the first national referendum ever to be held throughout the United Kingdom. It was the only referendum to be
held on the UK's relationship with Europe until the 2016 referendum on membership of the European Union. The referendum resulted in 67% for continued European Communities membership. Historically, the labour party feared the consequences of EC membership, due to issues of trade, prices, loss of economic sovereignty and the freedom of governments to engage in socialist industrial policies.
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