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Politics

There’s no date yet for an EU referendum. But the ‘yes’ campaign has started

Those who might drive the ‘no’ side are waiting until after renegotiation. They will find themselves with much ground to make up

6 June 2015

9:00 AM

6 June 2015

9:00 AM

Forty years ago this week, Britain voted to remain part of the European Community. That remains the only direct vote on the European question that the country has had. The promise of a say on the EU constitution was shelved when that document metamorphosed into the Lisbon Treaty, and the ‘referendum lock’ that the coalition introduced has not yet been triggered by a transfer of power to Brussels.

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