Britain in Europe

Britain in Europe

Prior to August 2005, Britain in Europe was the main British pro-European pressure group. Despite connections to Labour and the Liberal Democrats, it was a cross-party organisation with supporters from many different political backgrounds. Initially founded to campaign for a “yes” vote for the Euro, it then progressed to support a “yes” vote for the referendum on the European Constitution.

The organisation was launched in 1999 by Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ken Clarke, Michael Heseltine and Charles Kennedy. In 2003, the organisation formally linked itself with the pro-European organisation, the European Movement. The director of Britain in Europe was Danny Alexander.

On 17 August, 2005, the group was wound up following the French and Dutch No votes on the proposed European Constitution. Its resources were given to the European Movement.

Publications

All are PDF files
* [http://www.britainineurope.org.uk/theissues/publications/straight-bananas.pdf Straight Bananas: 201 anti-European myths exploded (543kb)]
* [http://www.britainineurope.org.uk/theissues/publications/theres-something-about-ukip There's something about UKIP (223kb)]
* [http://www.britainineurope.org.uk/theissues/publications/thetruthisoutthere.pdf The Truth is Out There (865kb)]

Backers

The organisation disclosed the names of individuals and companies from which it received donations of more than £5,000, in line with the requirements of the Political Parties Act, although it was not a political party and was not obliged to do so.

List of backers

*Mr Paul Adamson
*amicus
*Alstom UK Ltd
*Mr Rod Aldridge
*BAE Systems
*BMP DDB
*BAT
*Professor Kumar Bhattacharyya
*Sir Winfried Bischoff
*bmi (British Midland)
*British Telecommunications plc
*Bunzl plc
*Cookson Group plc
*Mr C Dennis
*Dyson Appliances Ltd
*Mr Vernon Ellis
*Ernst & Young LLP
*European Movement
*Lord Evans of Watford
*Ford Motor Company
*Sir Chris Gent
*Christopher Haskins, Baron Haskins of Skidby
*Lord Hollick
*Lord Howe of Aberavon
*ICL plc
*General Utilities
*Kellogg's
*Kimberly-Clark Ltd
*KPMG
*Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge
*Mindshare UK
*Nestlé (UK) Ltd
*Sir Bryan Nicholson
*Sir Gulam Noon
*Mr Lindsay Owen-Jones
*Philips Electronics (UK) Ltd
*PricewaterhouseCoopers
*Ravensale Ltd
*Reuters Group plc
*Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
*Lord Sainsbury of Turville
*Miss P Scurfield
*Lord Sharman of Redlynch
*Mr A Sharr
*Siemens Plc
*Mr Barry Townsley
*Mr Adair Turner
*Unilever plc
*United News & Media plc
*Xerox Ltd
*Wrigley UK Ltd

See also

*Philippe Legrain
*Scotland in Europe

External links

* [http://www.britainineurope.org.uk Britain in Europe's website]


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