I think you know MKPD that the Lib/Dems are only offering this referendum in place of one on the Reform Treaty because they know one on the RT would be lost and one on our membership of the EU would be won.
Virtually all of the politicians familiar to the public, along with the media, would be campaigning for a 'yes' vote with many gravely predicting the end of Britain if we came out. This set against an increasingly disintegrating anti EU movement.
The time is not right to win a vote on our membership of the EU - if it were held and lost - our fate would be sealed.
Brown might yet use this tactic if he cannot hold the line on 'no referendum' on the RT.
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