I am very much in favour of a U. K. referendum on Europe, despite being pro-Europe. I'm fed up with peoples conviction that "the majority want out of Europe" or vice versa - I just want to get the issue voted on, dealt with and move on, I do however think it is a shame that the Tories didn't keep the costs down by tacking it onto the first referendum - it isn't like they couldn't have anticipated it coming up... Hopefully the press will behave with slightly more decorum this time around too... (I won't hold my breath) - Conservative rebels pushing for an in-or-out referendum on Europe are riding the tide of public opinion, according to a Guardian/ICM poll. Some 70% of voters want a vote on Britain's EU membership, and by a substantial nine-point margin respondents say they would use it to vote for UK withdrawal. Forty-nine per cent of voters would vote to get Britain out of Europe, as against just 40% who prefer to stay in. There is a clear majority for staging a referendum on Britain's relationship with Europe in each of the social classes and across the regions and nations of the UK. Men and women are similarly keen, as are supporters of all three main parties, although rather more Conservative (71%) than Labour voters (65%) are calling for a poll. Overall, just 23% of all voters say they would be against a vote that "could ask the public whether the UK should remain in the European Union or pull out instead". On the crunch question of which way they would vote, there are marked differences across the age range, and by party support. Where just 28% of the youngest voters aged 18-24 would vote to quit the EU, 63% of those aged 65+ would do the same. An outright majority of Tory voters – some 56% – would vote to leave, as against 34% who would prefer to stay in. By contrast among Labour and Liberal Democrats, there are majorities for staying in Europe, although there are also sizeable minorities among both parties' supporters – of 38% and 44% respectively – who indicate that they would vote to get out.
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Monday, October 24, 2011
I am very much in favour of a U. K. referendum on Europe, despite being pro-Europe. I'm fed up with peoples conviction that "the majority want out of Europe" or vice versa - I just want to get the issue voted on, dealt with and move on, I do however think it is a shame that the Tories didn't keep the costs down by tacking it onto the first referendum - it isn't like they couldn't have anticipated it coming up... Hopefully the press will behave with slightly more decorum this time around too... (I won't hold my breath) - Conservative rebels pushing for an in-or-out referendum on Europe are riding the tide of public opinion, according to a Guardian/ICM poll. Some 70% of voters want a vote on Britain's EU membership, and by a substantial nine-point margin respondents say they would use it to vote for UK withdrawal. Forty-nine per cent of voters would vote to get Britain out of Europe, as against just 40% who prefer to stay in. There is a clear majority for staging a referendum on Britain's relationship with Europe in each of the social classes and across the regions and nations of the UK. Men and women are similarly keen, as are supporters of all three main parties, although rather more Conservative (71%) than Labour voters (65%) are calling for a poll. Overall, just 23% of all voters say they would be against a vote that "could ask the public whether the UK should remain in the European Union or pull out instead". On the crunch question of which way they would vote, there are marked differences across the age range, and by party support. Where just 28% of the youngest voters aged 18-24 would vote to quit the EU, 63% of those aged 65+ would do the same. An outright majority of Tory voters – some 56% – would vote to leave, as against 34% who would prefer to stay in. By contrast among Labour and Liberal Democrats, there are majorities for staying in Europe, although there are also sizeable minorities among both parties' supporters – of 38% and 44% respectively – who indicate that they would vote to get out.
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"The theory falls over if the electorate are not well informed, which with the state of our media this would be difficult to achieve"
That would be the case if the alternative, namely MP's, were both well informed and not whipped. But that is NOT the case, decisions are not made on a basis of what is good for the UK but what is good for the party, and that is fundamentally wrong.
I'd also point out that it is the duty of MP's to explain the choices to the public, ask yourself why they do not do so.
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