UKIP began as the Anti-Federalist League, a Eurosceptic political party established in 1991 by the historian Alan Sked which opposed the Maastricht Treaty, which had been recently signed, and sought to sway the governing Conservative Party toward removing the United Kingdom from the European Union.
UKIP began as the Anti-Federalist League, a Eurosceptic political party established in 1991 by the historian Alan Sked. This Alan Sked opposed the Maastricht Treaty. UKIP began as the Anti-Federalist League, a Eurosceptic political party sought to sway the governing Conservative Party toward removing the United Kingdom from the European Union. The Maastricht Treaty had been recently signed.