Why Is Cameron Running Scared of a Referendum?

Daily Mail (October 07, 2009)

Author: Andrew Alexander

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WHEN you think about it, what is vulgarly called 'Europe' -- meaning the EU -- has been a millstone around the neck of every Tory leader since we first signed up to the so-called Common Market.

Ted Heath would have avoided his relatively narrow defeat in 1974 but for Harold Wilson offering a referendum on membership. Eurosceptical Margaret Thatcher was ousted by the alliance of Euroenthusiasts Geoffrey Howe and Michael Heseltine.

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Why Is Cameron Running Scared of a Referendum?

John Major's authority -- and very nearly his party leadership -- was undermined by his silly battle with the 'bastards' on his own side over t...

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