Tory heavyweight Ken Clarke has let the cat out of the bag &# the Conservatives have no intention of holding a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. He told the BBC's John Soppel today: "If the Irish referendum endorses the Treaty and ratification comes into effect then our settled policy is quite clear, that the Treaty will not be reopened." UKIP Leader Nigel Farage said: "This statement jus...

Asked if the Prime Minister would welcome a second referendum in Ireland and would it have any impact on a possible referendum in the UK, the PMS replied that as people knew, we had already ratified the Lisbon Treaty and had had an extensive parliamentary debate on the passage of the Lisbon Treaty Bill. Any decision that the Irish took on their own ratification process, was a matter for the Irish ...

The EU still holds out the hope of winning a second Irish referendum. At least they are pretending that they do, as they must realise that the national mood is swinging against the likelihood of that outcome. If the Irish vote a second time, and get the wrong answer, the EU will no doubt demand a Parliamentary-only ratification from Ireland, and simply ignore the referendum results.How that will p...

Conservative leader David Cameron yesterday unveiled the Conservatives’ policy on Europe. He said there would be no referendum on the EU, and that he would instead seek a mandate for his new position through the General Election. He said an incoming Conservative government would introduce an “Irish-style referendum lock” on any future Treaty handing over further powers from Brita...

David Cameron must still hold a referendum on Britain's wider relationship with the European Union even after abandoning a promise of a vote on the Lisbon Treaty Tory eurosceptics have said.

David Cameron the Tory leader has called for a referendum on the European constitution as part of efforts to restore trust in the political system. following the MPs' expenses scandal

David Cameron might be able to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty because the Czech Republic will probably delay its ratification of the agreement until after a general election in Britain, European Union leaders have been told. But Davey Boy doesn’t want to have a referendum. It scares the faecal matter out of him. What you

In his speech this morning, David Cameron said that: "We will therefore hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, pass a law requiring a referendum to approve any further transfers of power to the EU, negotiate the return of powers,...

There might just have been an argument to support the Lisbon Treaty (LT) in the 2008 Irish referendum, although I do not see it myself, but it is impossible to make a valid case to vote in favor of the LT in the forthcoming October 2009 referendum, as this second referendum in itself is a massive betrayal of the democratic will of the Irish people. At the 2008 referendum, which took place a year a...

David Cameron is facing renewed pressure from his own party over Europe after Douglas Carswell, the Tory MP, stepped up calls for a referendum.