UK Parliament must decide
September 13, 2007 6:47 PM
![Westminster Clock Tower Big Ben / Houses of Parliament [Photo: Emma Cooley]](/en/image/53s6Q6/westminster-clock-tower-big-ben-houses-of-parliament-photo-emma-cooley-1.png "Westminster Clock Tower Big Ben / Houses of Parliament [Photo: Emma Cooley]")
Campaigners have persuaded Union delegates in Brighton to vote in favour of a referendum on the proposed new European Union treaty. This will increase pressure on Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Liberal Democrats had called for a referendum on the previous draft constitution.
John remarked: "Parliament should vote on the proposed new European Union treaty. A referendum would unleash as much anti-Government feeling as it would genuine interest in the future of Europe. This treaty is a way of making a union of 27 Member States work - it's not a constitution."
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