Nigel Farage MEP, leader of the UK Independence Party, says the European elections of 11 June 2009 will be a referendum on the EU constitutional treaty if Britain is denied a public vote on the treaty by the government.

Interesting to read that one of the Conservative Party's biggest financial backers has given a very generous donationto the UK Independence Party last night, claiming he was fed up with David Cameron's policy on Europe. Spread-betting millionaire Stuart Wheeler said he doubted the Tory leader would hold a referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty &# and revealed he is giving £1...

David Cameron has the power to kill the Lisbon Treaty "stone dead", the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party has said.

The Irish media reports that former Taoiseach John Bruton – now the EU’s Ambassador to the US – has called for a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. In an appearance at the newly formed Oireachtas Lisbon sub-committee he said that a re-run referendum needed to be preceded by a better information campaign, adding "It is fair to say that the Lisbon Treaty was written in such a ...

The embarrassment of the Irish Yes campaign over its failure to persuade voters to accept the Lisbon Treaty has turned into vilification of the UK Independence Party and the Independence and Democracy Group in the European Parliament to which it belongs.Euro-loving self-deception: Read Ireland.ie

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,...

David Cameron has been warned by Conservative party activists he risks losing votes to the UK Independence Party at the next election because of his Uturn on the Lisbon Treaty.

In an interview with the Sunday Times, Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague said that the Conservatives may hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, even if the Treaty has been ratified before the party can form a Government. He assured that if the Treaty is unratified before the Conservatives take office then, “of course, we would hold a referendum.

In the Times Peter Riddell points to a Populus poll undertaken over the weekend, which found that 82% of people agreed with the statement “If Ireland and other countries ratify the Lisbon Treaty on the future of the European Union, Britain should hold its own referendum on the issue”.

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 ...