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| Formation | 23 January 2016 [1] |
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| Founders | Peter Bone MP (Conservative) Nigel Farage Richard Tice Kate Hoey MP (Labour) Tom Pursglove MP (Conservative) |
| Purpose | United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union |
| Headquarters | Kettering, Northamptonshire |
Region served | United Kingdom |
| Website | grassrootsout |
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Grassroots Out (GO) was an organisation[1] funded by Arron Banks[2] that campaigned in favour of EU withdrawal in the 2016 referendum on EU membership in the United Kingdom.[3][4] The organisation was formed in January 2016, as a result of infighting between Vote Leave and Leave.EU,[1][5] and officially launched on 23 January 2016 in Kettering.
Despite its name, it was started by politicians from a mixture of political parties including Peter Bone, Tom Pursglove, Liam Fox of the Conservatives, Kate Hoey of Labour, Nigel Farage of UKIP and Sammy Wilson of the DUP.[6] The left wing Respect Party later joined Grassroots Out.[7]
- ^ a b c "The UK's EU referendum: Everything you need to know". BBC News. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ Arron Banks: the millionaire hoping to bankroll UK into Brexit
- ^ "EU-exit campaign group 'Grassroots Out' is launched". BBC News. 23 January 2016.
- ^ Stromme, Lizzie (23 January 2016). "'For the common good' Political foes unite against European Union". Daily Express.
- ^ Will Dean (31 January 2016). "Faction stations: which Brexit campaign is which?". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ Ross, Tim (23 January 2016). "Liam Fox calls for Britain to leave EU and become 'an independent sovereign nation' again". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "Respect to campaign to leave the EU". respectparty.org. 22 February 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.