Britain's Brown defies referendum calls over EU treaty
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Gordon Brown rejected increasingly vocal calls for a British referendum on the EU's new treaty Thursday, saying Europe must move on from its "inward-looking" institutional wrangling.
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Union leaders say they avoided a showdown with Gordon Brown because they did not want to ruin his first conference as leader.
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Chancellor Gordon Brown has defended the British rebate from the European Union and has also confirmed his objection to a harmonisation of corporate taxation.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown failed to quash speculation on Monday about a snap election, as he set out a manifesto-like list of priorities in a long-awaited keynote speech.
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Brown refuses to rule out election as MPs in key marginals give green light.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown denied on Friday a shift in foreign policy away from the United States after one of his ministers told an audience there that a country's strength depended on alliances not military might.
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Britain could hold a referendum on a new European Union treaty if needed, future prime minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday, fuelling reports of tension with current premier Tony Blair before a crunch EU summit.
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Gordon Brown defends the new EU treaty as David Cameron says a referendum is needed to "restore trust".
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Gordon Brown tells union chiefs he will refuse to reverse Tony Blair's NHS reforms.
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Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says his party will not be backing a Tory bid for a referendum on the EU treaty.
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Britain and Poland pledge no surrender on key demands on a new treaty ahead of EU summit.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown's absence from the main EU treaty signing ceremony drew brickbats from both pro- and anti-European British media Friday, which described it as "embarrassing" and "cack-handed".
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Gordon Brown is accused of running scared over a diary clash that will mean he misses the EU treaty's official signing.
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Overwhelming majority of people want a say on EU treaty, polls say, as Brown heads to summit.
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Downing Street has indicated the treaty that emerges from next week's EU summit will not be put to a referendum.
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The Sun tabloid, Britain&#39;s best-selling daily, made an impassioned plea Monday for a referendum on the new EU treaty in a front-page editorial ahead of a major speech by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday called on his fellow European Union leaders to end wrangling over a new EU treaty and concentrate on the bloc's future.