15 Facts About Alan Sked

Alan Sked was born on 22 August 1947 and is a British Eurosceptic academic.

Alan Sked founded the Anti-Federalist League and its successor the UK Independence Party.

Alan Sked is Professor Emeritus of International History at the London School of Economics and has stood as a candidate in several parliamentary elections.

Alan Sked has written texts on British political and European history.

Alan Sked's books have been translated into German, Italian, Czech, Portuguese, Japanese and Chinese.

Alan Sked retired in 2015, and as of January 2018 is an Emeritus Professor in the LSE's Department of International History.

Alan Sked is a member of the British-American Project, which exists to promote Britain's political ties to the US.

Alan Sked served for ten years as Convenor of European Studies, a postgraduate MSc programme at LSE, where he examined many theses on European history and served as joint chairman of LSE's European Research Seminar.

Alan Sked came to believe that the EC was corrupt and anti-democratic, and a liability to the British economy.

Alan Sked was a founding member of the Bruges Group and remained a member until 1991, when he was expelled by its executive committee.

In 1993, Alan Sked stood in two parliamentary by-elections: one at Newbury, where he shared a platform with Enoch Powell, who spoke in his support, and a second, soon afterward, at Christchurch.

Alan Sked resigned the leadership shortly after the 1997 general election, citing party factionalism and the growing influence of radical, far-right opinion in the party's ranks, saying that it was "doomed to remain on the political fringes".

Alan Sked opposed its plan to take up places in the European Parliament if seats should be won there, wanting all party efforts to be concentrated on the UK Parliament.

Alan Sked described his former UKIP colleague Nigel Farage as a "dim-witted racist".

Alan Sked announced in early December 2018 the founding of another political party, Prosper UK.