Primary sources
The London School of Economics Digital Library comprises an extensive collection of the 2016 EU referendum leaflets studied in this paper (<https://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/brexit/2016>). The materials selected were completed with documents found on the website of the Scottish Political Archive (<http://www.scottishpoliticalarchive.org.uk/our-collections/>) and with information obtained from UK political websites (<https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-18247131>).
The comparative analysis provided in this paper is based on the leaflets of the following campaigns:
Green Party of England and Wales, Greens for a Better Europe, 2016.
Labour Party, Labour In for Britain, 2016.
Additional primary sources were used to compare the campaigns selected to other Leave or Remain organizations:
Britain Stronger In Europe, Britain Stronger In Europe, 2016.
English Democrats, “Time to Put England First!”, The Official Web Page of the Democratic Party of England, <http://englishdemocraticparty.co.uk>, accessed 16 July 2021.
Green-Leaves, Green Leaves, 2016.
Labour Leave, Labour Leave, 2016.
Labour Party, Labour News, 2016.
Left Leave, “Lexit: The Left Leave Campaign”, Left Leave Campaign, 2016.
Plaid Cymru, “For the Future of Wales”, Wales in Europe, 2016.
Vote Leave, “Official Information About the Referendum on 23 June 2016”, Vote Leave, 2016.
Vote Leave, “The UK and the European Union: The Facts”, Vote Leave, 2016.
Wales Stronger In, “More Jobs, Lower Prices”, Britain Stronger In Europe, 2016.
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