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See you in Court: Should there be a referendum before the UK opts into the European Arrest Warrant?

October 16, 2014

Could another Rees-Mogg Judicial Review lead to a referendum?Update 17:00: The Spectator Coffee House blog is reporting the Conservative Chief Whip may be preparing MPs for a decision to stay out of the EAW. However the line from Number 10 is tha…

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Is the EU Referendum Bill dead?

January 24, 2014

The EU referendum Bill – pushed forward by Tory backbenchers aiming to legislate now for an EU referendum to be held in next Parliament (post-2015) – passed through the Commons with flying colours but is now stuck in the House of Lords.Labour and Lib D…

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What’s in a question?

October 29, 2013

Coming to a polling station near you?The UK’s Electoral Commission, in response to the onward march of James Wharton MP’s EU Referendum Bill, has been opining on how to ask the UK population if it wants to remain in the EU. .James Wharton MP’s ori…

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EU Referendum Bill faces many hurdles

May 16, 2013

Now the Conservatives have published their EU Referendum Bill there only remains the small question of how it could become law. It will not be a Government Bill but will now be taken forward as a “Private Members Bill”. As such its chances of survival …

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Cameron: Before the 2015 election, we will do everything we can to make an EU referendum the law

May 14, 2013

David Cameron just sent out this note to Conservative members and activists: In January, I set out our party’s position on Europe. I made clear that the EU needed fundamental, far reaching change – and that Britain would lead the way in negotiating t…

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Archives for legislated EU referendum

See you in Court: Should there be a referendum before the UK opts into the European Arrest Warrant?

Is the EU Referendum Bill dead?

What’s in a question?

EU Referendum Bill faces many hurdles

Cameron: Before the 2015 election, we will do everything we can to make an EU referendum the law

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