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

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&#...

David Cameron has signalled a Conservative Government would be unable to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty once it is ratified.

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.

Lord Pearson made the offer to David Cameron, the Conservative Leader, if he held a referendum on the ratified Lisbon treaty.

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.

With this afternoon's confirmation that the Czech President, Vaclav Klaus, has finally signed the Lisbon Treaty, all questions turn to how David Cameron is going to respond. Klaus's signature, following a valiant resistance, removes the last remaining hurdle preventing the treaty from becoming law. David Cameron gave a "cast iron guarantee" of a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in an arti...

Iain Dale, writing about the Lisbon Treaty, suggests that:The Eurocrats need the whole treaty to be ratified by every country because they know that if the process isn't complete before David Cameron becomes PM he will hold a referendum in Britain which would undoubedly [sic] result in a no vote.Cameron. Referendum. That's as likely as, well as likely as...

British opposition leader David Cameron faces dissent from many in his party who want a referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty if the Conservatives win power, even if the charter is already in force.

David Cameron has just launched the above poster as part of the Conservative campaign for the European Parliament election. With the Constitution-cum-Treaty still yet to be ratified in Ireland, Czech Republic and Poland, Mr Cameron said now was the time...