Catalogue Number
NMLH.2024.55.2
Object Name
booklet
Title
'A Referendum Stitch-Up? How the EU and British elites are plotting to fix the result'
Place
UK, Europe
People
UK Independence Party (UKIP), Nigel Farage, European Union, European Parliament, Conservative Party
Events
Brexit
Description
A white and purple booklet with a set of five dice on the cover. Each side of each dice has six dots, indicating they are for rigging a game.
This booklet was created by the UK Independence Party (UKIP) following the 2016 EU membership referendum, in which Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union (EU). Negotiations following this result took several years, and pro-Leave factions including UKIP viewed this as an attempt to ignore the results and keep the UK in the EU.
UKIP is a right wing Eurosceptic political party promoting British nationalism and isolationism. UKIP was founded in 1993, and was one of the first parties to call for Britain to leave the European Union. Their political platform targets the white working class with a focus on restricting immigration, and treating the existence of Muslims in the UK as a problem threatening British society. Their social policies are also against LGBTQIA+ rights, pro capital punishment, and against human rights legislation. UKIP is opposed by anti-fascist groups, and much of the political and media spectrum in the UK as their policies and statements on immigration and cultural identity are racist and xenophobic.
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