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Originally Posted by arden forester
My take on the EDP's EU policy is that there would be a referendum, but it does not appear to be a forceful NO, as joining EFTA is an "option". If the people voted yes, then it seems the EDP might go along with this.
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Is not the point of a referendum to establish the collective will of the voters and, if you are a government with integrity, to act as much as possible in conformity with that will if clearly expressed?
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They emphasise "co-operation and trade" and also seem to be willing to work with other like-minded states. This tinge of ambivalence does not seem to sit with the desires of quite a few EDP activists, who are like Ukippers on the EU. :?
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There are some who would suggest that this is just being picky for its own sake! There are some who would think it sensible to have an alternative to actually being in the EU, and not at all ambivalent except to those who wish to find the smallest excuse to criticise.
The EDP's long established policy is to hold a referendum on the question of continued membership of the EU (which is far more than either Major or Blair have done) and to recommend leaving. There is no ambivalence about this policy which, unlike the matter of independence, is supported by the vast majority of EDP members! It is mean spirited of you to attempt to call that policy into question on the most tenuous of grounds.