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==="Crusade for Freedom"===
"Crusade for Freedom" was the newspaper's own campaign to give the people of the United Kingdom the opportunity to add their names to a petition addressed to the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] in favour of Britain's withdrawal from the [[European Union]]. Each edition of the 8 January 2011 issue had four cut-out vouchers where readers could sign the pledge and send them to the paper's HQ where the petition was being compiled; there were also further editions with the same voucher included.<ref>"A crusade for freedom", ''Daily Express'', page 55, 8 January 2011.</ref> The campaign attracted the support of many celebrities including sportsman/TV personality [[Ian Botham]]<ref>"Botham backs our drive for public vote on Europe", ''Daily Express'', page 59, 8 January 2011.</ref> as well as [[J D Wetherspoon]] chairman [[Tim Martin (businessman)|Tim Martin]],<ref>"Euro red tape is strangling UK enterprise", ''Daily Express'', page 69, 8 January 2011.</ref> who both gave interviews for 8 January's special edition of the paper. The first week of the campaign saw a response of around 370,000 signatures being received (just over 50% of daily readership or around 0.6% of the UK population).