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Originally Posted by tammac
See all the believers have posted, all hail to Caramel &Vague, mind they promised the faithful there would be a referendum on the Lisbon treaty,? lap it up suckers.
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You cant give a referendum on something thats already passed into law, (you can thank blair and brown for that). All you can do is call a referendum on repealing the treaty but doing that has consequences, Once passed into law for all member country's the treaty becomes a requirement of membership of the EU. So a referendum on repealing the treaty would effectively bee a referendum on exiting the EU which is WAY more then they agreed.
It should also bee pointed out that a referendum on the treaty was NEVER an election pledge as they VERY publically announced the change on their policy when the treaty was passed into UK law in December (way before the election)