It seems that I Want A Referendum were miles ahead of me on this one: they have already done a survey among Lib Dem voters:
"70% of Liberal Democrat voters would like the party to support a two question referendum - on both the Lisbon Treaty and Britain’s membership of the EU. Only 25% supported a referendum simply on whether Britain should be in or out of the EU"
... and further ...
"In a MORI poll released today by the Liberal Democrats, just over half (54%) of voters support a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU. But the ICM poll of Liberal Democrats shows that over two thirds (67%) support a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty".
So ... the overall message is clear!
And Let's All Hope It's Not The Last...
1 hour ago
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The Lib Dems obviously want to copy the New Labour trick of scaring the British public into accepting that politicians always know best. A straight in or out question gives the chance for scare tactics about how the economy will keel over, or those nasty Americans will take over the world if we say no. A question about whether we accept the loss of sovereignty, for no good reason, to an unaccountable monolith run for the benefit of a political class (across most mainstream parties it must be said) would be far harder to browbeat us with.
That clearly applies to the Lib Dem leadership, who are weasels and shits, but they are completely out of step even with their own supporters/members.
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