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Originally Posted by andrewb
Easy trap to fall into. The "cast-iron" promise was about a referendum before Lisbon was ratified. In all reality as much as it pains me to say it, now that it has been ratified it would take all 27 countries to undo it. Previous to ratification we had the power to say no. It's Brown we have to blame.
I want an in or out referendum. We actually have the power to legislate on the result of that referendum, unlike a post ratification referendum on Lisbon. I don't want it come what may however. If you had one now Labour and the Liberal Democrats would use the economy to fool voters into remaining in the EU. Just like what happened in Ireland over Lisbon. They'd then argue forevermore that the British public gave them a mandate to keep on course to a federal Europe. Something we can both agree is not what we want. We want a sovereign Britannia.
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Funny how this qualification about ratification was never mentioned when David was pretending to be all Euro-sceptic and banging on about "cast-iron guarantees" but never mind. As for holding a referendum on some mythical future date, you know as well as I do, Andrew, that the Tories will never do that!