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EU Referendum

Asked for a response to calls from the GMB union on the EU treaty, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had made his position clear on the case for a referendum on the EU amended treaty in the past few days and weeks.

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  1. The people of the UK MUST be given the opportunity to express their wishes regarding any further erosion of their sovreignty to an UNELECTED european commision.

    Comment by don gilbert — 16 Jul 2007 on 11:29 am | Link
  2. A referendum was promised on our commitment to the EU Constitution. It is not for you to renege on this promise by trying to rename the latest offering from Brussels. Our long standing democracy should dictate the best Policy for Great Britain and the population as a whole should be given the opportunity to have their wishes taken into account over the biased views of a few MPs from all parties.

    Comment by D.Canham — 16 Jul 2007 on 11:32 am | Link
  3. A referendum was promised on our commitment to the EU Constitution. It is not for you to renege on this promise by trying to rename the latest offering from Brussels. Our long standing democracy should dictate the best Policy for Great Britain and the population as a whole should be given the opportunity to have their wishes taken into account over the biased views of a few MPs from all parties.

    Comment by D.Canham — 16 Jul 2007 on 11:35 am | Link
  4. I am a grandfather; and having asked the opinion of all family members of voting age,10 in number, and all being of the same mind. We demand that the Prime Minister keeps to the promise of the Party manifesto and give us the referendum.No politician has the right to sign without coming back to the people having been elected on the premise of a referendum.No wheedling words can change this fundamental fact.The UK is supposed to be a democracy.Prove it.Let the people decide.

    Comment by Raymond Coaster — 16 Jul 2007 on 11:47 am | Link
  5. My wife and I strongly resent the government reneging on their original commitment to grant a referendum on the European Union. We do not want to be part of a super European state but voted merely to join a "Common market."

    Comment by R & S Davies — 16 Jul 2007 on 12:35 pm | Link
  6. A promise is a promise. Selective listening is not democracy. People of moral virtue keep their word. A referendum is therefore inevitable.

    Comment by b.ashford — 16 Jul 2007 on 2:50 pm | Link
  7. I could (just) buy a Western European EU.

    However, the South East of Europe & Turkey are not ready to be our partners and will drag us down to their levels by simple demographics.

    Lets have a two speed Europe, and have no right of entry to Britain to all and sundry.

    Comment by martin bright — 16 Jul 2007 on 4:07 pm | Link
  8. There is too much going on in the EU where no one is accountable please ensure we have a referendum as promised in your manefesto.

    Comment by Mr John Clift — 16 Jul 2007 on 4:52 pm | Link
  9. There is too much going on in the EU where no one is accountable please ensure we have a referendum as promised in your manefesto.

    Comment by Mr John Clift — 16 Jul 2007 on 4:53 pm | Link
  10. It is vital that a referendum is held as promised.The vast majority of the british people do not wish to be completely involved in the EU.Keep your promises and allow the british people to be heard

    Comment by K.H.& E.I.Patrick — 16 Jul 2007 on 5:07 pm | Link
  11. It is vital that a referendum be held as promised. The vast majority of the Britiah public do not wish to be ruled by the EU.

    Comment by K.H.& E.I.Patrick — 16 Jul 2007 on 5:24 pm | Link
  12. As a Bank Manager I would never have had anything to do with a Company where the Auditors would not sign off the annual accounts! We were promised a Referendum and this is what we should have so that we can decisively say that we do not want any more power given to the EU.

    Comment by c.k.davis — 16 Jul 2007 on 6:21 pm | Link
  13. The fact that this government promised a referendum on the constitution should should mean that one is held as I for one do not wish to be governed by a group of unelected european bureaucrats. However, if the last ten years is anything to go by, I think it will be a case of "don’t hold your breath"

    Comment by C S Brown — 17 Jul 2007 on 1:25 pm | Link
  14. It is clear that what Mr Blair agreed to in June is in all material respects the same as that on which the Labour manifesto promised a referendum. We want a chance to say NO: and to break the conspiracy by politicians against the people that the EU represents. Actually what we really need is a referendum on continued English membership of this corrupt and venal organisation.

    Comment by Stephen Lamley — 17 Jul 2007 on 7:17 pm | Link
  15. I want a referendum as promised by this government.
    Signed I. ANDERSON.
    B.A.WISE
    E. A KENDALL
    M. ROBERTS
    ALL FRIENDS AND ALL AGREE THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE CHEATED OUT OF OUR SAY.!!!

    Comment by I Anderson — 18 Jul 2007 on 4:25 pm | Link
  16. I want a referendum as promised by this government.
    Signed I. ANDERSON.
    B.A.WISE
    E. A KENDALL
    M. ROBERTS
    ALL FRIENDS AND ALL AGREE THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE CHEATED OUT OF OUR SAY.!!!

    Comment by I Anderson — 18 Jul 2007 on 4:25 pm | Link
  17. I want a referendum as promised by this government.
    Signed I. ANDERSON.
    B.A.WISE
    E. A KENDALL
    M. ROBERTS
    ALL FRIENDS AND ALL AGREE THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE CHEATED OUT OF OUR SAY.!!!

    Comment by I Anderson — 18 Jul 2007 on 4:26 pm | Link
  18. I want a referendum as promised by this government.
    Signed I. ANDERSON.
    B.A.WISE
    E. A KENDALL
    M. ROBERTS
    ALL FRIENDS AND ALL AGREE THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE CHEATED OUT OF OUR SAY.!!!

    Comment by I Anderson — 18 Jul 2007 on 4:27 pm | Link
  19. We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to guarantee that the British people will be permitted a binding referendum on any and all attempts to resurrect the EU "constitution" (and any or all of its content) regardless of nomenclature.

    D.G.Taylor
    A.M.Taylor

    Comment by derek g taylor — 18 Jul 2007 on 6:00 pm | Link
  20. Why should we give up what our parents fought for to the unelected european bueacrats.We need a referendem to say how we feel.

    Comment by Mr & Mrs H J Cole — 18 Jul 2007 on 8:43 pm | Link
  21. Why should we give up what our parents fought for to the unelected european bueacrats.We need a referendem to say how we feel.

    Comment by Mr & Mrs H J Cole — 18 Jul 2007 on 8:43 pm | Link
  22. It is obviously Blair’s long term ambition to become President of Europe, which is why he has pandered, and is still pandering to Brussels, squandering our democratic rights ad lib.,so that we become, not a nation, but a servile part of his Union. This is our last chance to stand up for Britain, and we must insist that Gordon Brown honours his party’s pledge to give us a referendum.

    Comment by Victor Walter William Kennett — 18 Jul 2007 on 11:23 pm | Link
  23. It is obviously Blair’s long term ambition to become President of Europe, which is why he has pandered, and is still pandering to Brussels, squandering our democratic rights ad lib.,so that we become, not a nation, but a servile part of his Union. This is our last chance to stand up for Britain, and we must insist that Gordon Brown honours his party’s pledge to give us a referendum.

    Comment by Victor Walter William Kennett — 18 Jul 2007 on 11:24 pm | Link
  24. It is obviously Blair’s long term ambition to become President of Europe, which is why he has pandered, and is still pandering to Brussels, squandering our democratic rights ad lib.,so that we become, not a nation, but a servile part of his Union. This is our last chance to stand up for Britain, and we must insist that Gordon Brown honours his party’s pledge to give us a referendum.

    Comment by Victor Walter William Kennett — 18 Jul 2007 on 11:25 pm | Link
  25. It is obviously Blair’s long term ambition to become President of Europe, which is why he has pandered, and is still pandering to Brussels, squandering our democratic rights ad lib.,so that we become, not a nation, but a servile part of his Union. This is our last chance to stand up for Britain, and we must insist that Gordon Brown honours his party’s pledge to give us a referendum.

    Comment by Victor Walter William Kennett — 18 Jul 2007 on 11:27 pm | Link
  26. It is obviously Blair’s long term ambition to become President of Europe, which is why he has pandered, and is still pandering to Brussels, squandering our democratic rights ad lib.,so that we become, not a nation, but a servile part of his Union. This is our last chance to stand up for Britain, and we must insist that Gordon Brown honours his party’s pledge to give us a referendum.

    Comment by Victor Walter William Kennett — 18 Jul 2007 on 11:30 pm | Link
  27. I and my wife wholeheartedly support the call for a referendum on the proposed treaty (replacing the EU Constitution – of which the content is 96% the same) We are supposed to be living in a democracy where the will of the people is manifested through the government. Just because the result of a referendum goes against the will of the Prime Minister is not a reason for not having a referendum!
    Ken and Barbara Johnson

    Comment by Kenneth Johnson — 3 Aug 2007 on 3:42 pm | Link
  28. Do the powers that be think that we are all stupid people who do not have minds of their own? It is arrogance on the part of any one in supreme power to think that they can presume to know what the British people want. My husband and I both want a referendum on the proposed treaty which is almost the same as the previous constitution. Let us have one and "to hell with Burgundy".

    Gordon and Tef Copeland

    Comment by Tef Copeland — 6 Aug 2007 on 4:29 pm | Link
  29. Gordon Brown said he would listen to the voice of the people. As he clearly cannot hear them he can borrow both the hearing aids I wear any day!

    Comment by Patrick Hollamby — 15 Aug 2007 on 5:22 pm | Link
  30. Gordon Brown said he would listen to the voice of the people. As he clearly cannot hear them he can borrow both the hearing aids I wear any day!

    Comment by Patrick Hollamby — 15 Aug 2007 on 5:23 pm | Link
  31. The new EU Treaty appears to be very similar to the Constitution that was rejected by France and The Netherlands previously. I think we too should be given the opportunity to vote on the merits of the Treaty.

    Comment by Alan Waters — 18 Aug 2007 on 5:51 pm | Link
  32. the population must be given the right to vote on the country’s staying within the E.E.C. or withdrawing

    Comment by Anthony Galvin — 31 Jul 2011 on 3:06 pm | Link

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