Former Labour prime minister Tony Blair returned to the fold this week. Or to be more specific, he returned to warn that the Conservative promise of an in/our EU referendum was a sop to UKIP that risked unleashing economic uncertainty should David Cameron win the General Election.
Critics responded by labelling Blair (and by extension Ed Miliband, who has ruled out an EU referendum should Labour win power) anti-democratic.
Now we want your view. Whether you support Britain’s membership of the European Union or not, should Britain have an in/out referendum? Is it, as some suggest, anti-democratic not to have one, or could the same be said about lots of things which we do not – and should not – hold referendums for?
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20 Responses to “POLL: Should Britain hold an in/out EU referendum?”
Leon Wolfeson
And you’re demanding an email address for a mailing list again – and it looks like not even double opt-in, which breaks basic policies on spam, so not doing the poll.
Anyway, as a British person whose politics stand within the spectrum of Atlee to Thatcher (nearer Atlee, sure), who both totally opposed referendums for good, democratic reasons…no. People decide every general election, and UKIP does not have a government-forming majority.
wj
Yep – no need to consult the people.
Let’s do away with that antiquated process of voting in General and Local Elections as well.
Nobody had a say on the Lisbon Treaty, which created expensive institutions that an austerity-ridden European population has to borrow money to pay for.
The whole thing stinks.
Guest
See, smell dosn’t travel across the internet. It’s you, as you advocate your views again.
Clearly by your post, to you, general elections are voted on by “nobody”, as you whine about democracy costing money, and praise your austerity and borrowing again, stinker. A good capitalist smell of money for you, no doubt!
JohnRich
Depends upon the rules under which the referendum were held. Any referendum that allowed the EU to dominate the media by its deep pockets or allowed non-British EU residents to vote would be utterly invalid.
This poll is utterly invalid. I did not vote.
JoeDM
Agreed.
I did not vote in the poll.