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
I was talking about long-term vote trends.
Leon Wolfeson
So you, for the record, support voting reform? PR?
Markwhoami
No … why would we leave the EU … economic suicide … even the Americans have warned us about being so dum
PhilW
No – leaving the EU would be a disaster for UK trade, jobs and global political influence. The only reason the Tories are planning one is because Cameron hasn’t been able to control his ideologically-driven backbenchers. The “people haven’t had a say” argument is bogus – are the Tories demanding a vote on UK membership of NATO and the UN? Of course not. We’ve made a decision – accept it and move on.
Selohesra
But we do know that we were lied to about what joining the Common Market involved – we were told it was not about creating a European Superstate merely a glorified Free Trade area – I don’t blame the European politicians of the time as I think they were open about ultimate aims but the British politicians such as Heath & I’m afraid Thatcher must have known what was coming. Its not as if the likes of Foot & Benn (and Enoch Powell) were not warning us of this – they were just dismissed as loonies