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David Cameron threatens to resign without 2017 EU vote
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 8:40PM BST 28 Apr 2014 | Matthew Holehouse

Posted on 04/29/2014 11:48:54 AM PDT by Olog-hai

David Cameron has promised to quit as Prime Minister if he is unable to deliver an in-out referendum on the European Union by 2017.

He promised he would not “barter away” the referendum in new coalition negotiations, as an angry Conservative activist told him the public do not believe he will deliver on his promise to give the British people a say on EU membership.

There are fears the pledge could be blocked by the Liberal Democrats during coalition talks if the 2015 election produces another hung parliament.

Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader, claims Mr. Cameron has no intention of keeping the pledge and only made it to pacify his backbenchers and win the election. …

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brexit; conservativeparty; conservatives; davidcameron; europeanunion; eussr; farage; nigelfarage; referendum; resignation; tories; ukip; unitedkingdom

1 posted on 04/29/2014 11:48:54 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Bye.


2 posted on 04/29/2014 11:56:38 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Olog-hai

Go Nigel!


3 posted on 04/29/2014 11:58:53 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: 1010RD

Promises, promises—lets hope he does. UKIP need to show what they can do!


4 posted on 04/29/2014 12:10:11 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

> Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader, claims Mr. Cameron has no intention of keeping the pledge and only made it to pacify his backbenchers and win the election.

Thanks Olog-hai.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3105181/posts?page=67#67


5 posted on 04/29/2014 3:16:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Olog-hai

And none of this would be happening if Ukip weren’t perceived as a threat.


6 posted on 05/01/2014 1:11:59 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Folks, the electoral fix is in.)
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