Template:Did you know nominations/A Question of Europe

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:45, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

A Question of Europe

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• ... that former prime minister Edward Heath debated A Question of Europe at the Oxford Union in 1975? "an Oxford Union debate ended with a resounding vote for Europe - 493 to 92 ... Mr Peter Shore and Mrs Barbara Castle were on the anti-market side. Mr Edward Heath and Mr Jeremy Thorpe on the pro-Market side." from "The Market Debate Hots Up". Aberdeen Evening Express. No. Page 3. 4 June 1975.
  • ALT1:... that future government minister Alistair Burt attended the A Question of Europe debate dressed in a beret and striped shirt and carrying a string of onions? "One pro-European supporter caught the eye both in the chamber and on television by turning up bedecked in a hooped shirt, black beret and string of onions. His name was Alistair Burt and he later served as an excellent Minister for the Disabled in John Major's administration" from: Heath, Edward (2011). The Course of My Life: My Autobiography. A&C Black. p. 530. ISBN 978-1-4482-0466-3.
  • ALT2:... that Barbara Castle regarded her performance at the A Question of Europe debate as "a flop"?"I knew I had been a flop" from: Winstone, Ruth (2012). Events, Dear Boy, Events: A Political Diary of Britain 1921-2010. Profile Books. p. 374. ISBN 978-1-84765-463-2.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Kelman

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 15:41, 21 May 2020 (UTC).

• New enough (to mainspace today), long enough (8028 chars), neutral, cites sources (AGF on offline sources), passes Earwig and eye tests for plagiarism. ALT1 is the most interesting hook (AGF on the source), and is short enough and cited. The other two I've struck as comparatively not interesting to a broad audience, but would suffice should ALT1 be struck for an unfroseen reason. ALT2 is preferred over ALT0. QPQ is present. No image. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 01:01, 22 May 2020 (UTC)