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Politycy Partii Pracy na rzecz Leave w referendum 2016 r.
The Labour Party politicians for Leave in 2016 referendum

Author(s): Filip Ilkowski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: referendum; European Union; United Kingdom; Labour Party

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the analysis of activities of politicians associated with the Labour Party undertaken in favour of leaving the European Union by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland in the context of the June 2016 referendum campaign. There are presented the historicalroots of the critique of European Communities drawn from this ideological-political perspective(the opposition towards the European Economic Community in 1975 referendum), but above all theargumentation used more than four decades later by the opponents of staying in the EU. On thebasis of conducted analysis, the specific elements of the main ideological poles that shape left--wing critique of the EU with regard to the British example have been distinguished.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 113-130
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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