The Telegraph reports that Conservative leader David Cameron has been warned by Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt that if he wants to keep any friends in Europe he should not offer a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, if it is already in force. Reinfeldt, who currently holds the EU’s rotating Presidency, is quoted by the Times saying, “I hope to see him as the next prime minister ...
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OpenEurope on 8th Oct 2009 (via openeurope.org.uk)
David Cameron has signalled a Conservative Government would be unable to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty once it is ratified.
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Telegraph on 2nd Nov 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
David Cameron the Conservative leader said he would "go on pushing" for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and dismissed suggestions of a split with London Mayor Boris Johnson over the issue.
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Telegraph on 6th Oct 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
David Cameron is to tell the British people that a Conservative Government will not give them a referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty.
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Lord Pearson made the offer to David Cameron, the Conservative Leader, if he held a referendum on the ratified Lisbon treaty.
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Telegraph on 28th Nov 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
David Cameron is deceiving voters by suggesting that he might still stage a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty a senior government minister has said.
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Telegraph on 25th Oct 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
David Cameron is under intense pressure to come clean over a referendum on Europe after Ireland voted decisively in favour of the Lisbon Treaty paving the way for EU reform.
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Telegraph on 3rd Oct 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
David Cameron on Sunday faced down calls from Conservative eurosceptics to guarantee a referendum on the European Union's Lisbon treaty, amid signs that events in Europe could soon rupture party unity on the issue
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I admit to being somewhat surprised by the outrage and vitriol directed towards David Cameron over the supposed U-Turn on Lisbon. After all, what did you expect? The promise of a referendum was only any good as long as the Treaty remained unratified.By the time David Cameron has any chance of becoming PM the Lisbon Treaty will have been European law for nearly 6 months. That is an irreversible
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David Miliband MP, Labour's Foreign Secretary, has responded to reports that Vaclav Klaus has signed the Lisbon Treaty and commented on David Cameron's failure to clarify his policy on the treaty. David Miliband told Labour Matters: "So much for David Cameron's cast iron guarantee to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty." "As British Foreign Secretary, I would welcome Mr Cameron...
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LabourMatters on 3rd Nov 2009 (via labourmatters.com)
David Cameron is to announce that a Conservative government will not give voters a referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty.
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Telegraph on 3rd Nov 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)