Tuesday 4 October 2011

Challenging the PM to give us a Referendum




I had the opportunity to challenge  the Prime Minister to give us a referendum on our membership of the European Union. As ever he was evasive but acknowledged the 100,000 petition that was delivered by me and other MEPs and MP's.

I pointed out that in a recent opinion poll 74% of Tory voters want a referendum. He was very pleasant but non committal