Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie View Post
The question on the 1975 ballot paper was:

"Do you think that the United Kingdom should stay in the European Community (The Common Market?"
The question was therefore not nuanced or qualified by any political party's spin and was not therefore part of a party manifesto.
As for your question about youngsters, the voting age was the same as it is now.
For the record, the vote was 70% to 30%.
As for people possibly not knowing what they were really voting for, quite possibly they didn't understand the complexity and full ramifications. That was my first visiot to the ballot box so I have some memory of it albeit hazy.
All I can remember , no one in Llanrumney liked that posh talking Ted yachting ,MP chap , we had are own posh Jim of the Callaghan who had no Yacht though , however he never looked at ease at Countisbury Avenue Shops , if that helps 😏