Conservatives to drop EU referendum pledge: report

AFP on Yahoo ^ | 11/2/09 | AFP

[NormsRevenge]

LONDON (AFP) – David Cameron, leader of the Conservative party, widely tipped to be the next prime minister, is to drop plans for a referendum on the European Union's key reforming Lisbon Treaty, a newspaper said Tuesday.

Cameron is set to announce he will abandon a pledge to hold a vote on the treaty if his party wins the country's general election due by next June, the Daily Telegraph said.

A referendum had threatened to cause a headache for the European Union amid delays over the introduction of the treaty in the 27-nation bloc, which must be ratified by all member countries to take effect.

Cameron said Monday that once the document is endorsed by all EU members and comes into force, it will "not be a treaty" and will instead be part of European law.

The last remaining obstacle to ratification could be removed on Tuesday when a top Czech Republic court rules on its legality, paving the way for eurosceptic Czech President Vaclav Klaus to sign the text.

Cameron could announce as early as Tuesday that his referendum plan -- a pledge to his party in 2007 and voters -- will be dumped, according to the newspaper's website, citing unnamed sources.

[Army Air Corps]

...according to the newspaper's website, citing unnamed sources.

So, this is little more than rumour at this point, eh?

[TheRiverNile]

Another turncoat???

[4rcane]

The Conservatives UK can’t be trusted?

[dodger]

If so ... RINO ALERT!!

[GreenLanternCorps]

See this:

http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2009/11/a-post-lisbon-referendum-doesnt-matter.html

[DesScorp]

The British Conservative Part isn’t conservative at all. Both they and Labour deserve to be walloped by the UK Independence Party.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

The British Conservative Part isn’t conservative at all. Both they and Labour deserve to be walloped by the UK Independence Party.

Vote BNP... throw the Muslims out of Britain...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

[wolf78]

Another turncoat???

Not really. He said that he would hold a referendum on the treaty as part of the ratification process, but once it's in force he has to deal with it as the outgoing government's legacy. Just like it was easy for the Democrats to be anti-war as long as they were the opposition part. But has Obambi "brought the troops home"? Not really.

As GreenLanternCorps pointed out: "A post Lisbon referendum doesn't matter"