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Alan Sked FRHistS (born 22 August 1947) is a British Eurosceptic academic. He founded the Anti-Federalist League (in order to oppose the Maastricht Treaty) and its successor the UK Independence Party (UKIP).
Professor Alan Sked was a prize-winning undergraduate at the University of Glasgow after which he moved on to Merton College, Oxford, where he took his D.Phil. under the supervision of A.J.P.Taylor. He was appointed to the Department of International History at LSE before his thesis was completed.
Ian Collins and Alan Sked, founder of UKIP, discuss the emergence of Reform UK and its potential impact on the political landscape. Alan Sked explains why Nigel Farage was thrown out of the...
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Mar 16, 2022 · Dr. Alan Sked is an Emeritus Professor of International History at the London School of Economics (LSE) and a world renowned historian on the Habsburg Empire. Dr. Sked received his D. Phil at Oxford University, having been supervised by the famed historian AJP Taylor.
Jun 12, 2016 · Alan Sked is the professor who created the Anti-Federalist League and UKIP to campaign against EU membership. He talks about the early days of the party, his clash with Nigel Farage, and his views on Brexit.
Alan Sked is Emeritus Professor of International History at LSE where he spent his whole academic life. Prior to this he co-founded the Bruges Group and founded UKIP, before leaving the...
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