Lib Dems oppose referendum vote
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Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says he will not be backing a Tory bid for a referendum on the EU reform treaty.
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Sir Menzies Campbell calls for a referendum on Britain's EU membership, ahead of the Lib Dem conference.
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Civil rights activists say racism is behind opposition to a ballot measure that would strike language requiring segregated schools and poll taxes from the Alabama Constitution.
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A major donor to the main opposition party said Tuesday he has submitted a legal challenge to the government's decision not to hold a referendum on the new European Union treaty.
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The Lib Dems will not trade "principled opposition for the sake of ministerial jobs", Sir Menzies Campbell says.
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Up to a third of Labour MPs may back calls for an EU Treaty referendum, says a Eurosceptic Labour MP.
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MPs and peers say Parliament is being denied a proper chance to debate new anti-terror laws.
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The government would face public outcry if it denied calls for an EU referendum, Tory David Davis warns.
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At least two Tory MPs are believed to have called for a voted of no confidence in party leader David Cameron.
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Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, today accused the Tories of "playing games" over the EU treaty, as he defended his decision not to call for a referendum on the issue.
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The Czech lower house of parliament rejected on Friday a leftist opposition proposal to hold a national referendum on hosting a part of a U.S. missile defense shield.
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Comment is free: Polly Toynbee: Lib Dem tax proposals are a blow for sanity in an era of excess. Labour should do better than try to trash them pointlessly.
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TORONTO (CP) - Doctors across Ontario have voted to reject a proposed fee agreement with the provincial government. Sixty per cent of the 15,000 doctors who voted by phone in a non-binding referendum on the
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BRUSSELS (Deutsche Welle) - The Dutch government has opposed holding a referendum on a new European Union constitutional treaty. Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said: "A referendum is unnecessary and undesirable."  But, the Dutch cabinet also said it would take its decision to parliament, where many legislators favor a vote among the public.  In 2005, voters in the Netherlands and France rejected a new EU constitution in referendums, plunging the EU into a major political crisis.
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The Lib Dem leader rejects criticism of his leadership, saying the UK is now in an era of three-party politics.
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Nearly half of UK bosses intend to vote against the new EU constitution in a referendum, an Institute of Directors poll finds.