Tag: EU referendum

The EU Commission could “drop a bombshell” just days before Britain goes to the polls in the EU referendum by making announcements that sway the vote, MPs have been told. They heard that the Commission will be banned from donating

Britain receives less than half the money it puts into the EU back as subsidies thanks to the ongoing Eurozone crisis, a new report has found. The report also found that British households could be as much as £933 a

Business Secretary Sajid Javid has fired a shot across the bows of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) regarding its recent claim Britain should remain in the European Union “no matter what”. Yes – this is the same CBI which received £800,000 in grants

I can’t remember how many European summits I’ve attended. They are generally pretty dull. Last week in Brussels, Mr. Cameron arrived to begin his grand renegotiation. He had previously set out the terms, saying that treaty change was necessary. This

Sir Richard Branson wants the UK to stay part of the EU because the alternative would be catastrophic. His simple reasoning is that “if we go back to being Great Britain again we will have our hands tied behind our

18th June 2015, the Fields of Waterloo, on the bi-centenary of the great event. I caught the train from Brussels/Luxembourg out to Waterloo and a taxi to the battlefield. I was there by 9am. Hardly any other members of the

The unveiling of the European Referendum Bill may contain “European-style” provisions for political parties to get a proportional allowance to spend on their own referendum campaigns, leading to concerns that the ‘In’ campaign will be able to spend more than double what

Former UKIP member turned Conservative Party MEP David Campbell Bannerman has today admitted that David Cameron isn’t telling his colleagues about conversations he’s having with regards to Britain’s membership of the European Union. Appearing on the Daily Politics programme today,

Prime Minister David Cameron plans to lift a ban on the European Commission spending millions of pounds of European tax payer money on pro-EU propaganda in the run up to an EU referendum. The government bill will have it’s second

Conservative Party grandee and long-serving government minister Kenneth Clarke has today blasted Tory MPs who lean towards Britain leaving the European Union as “hard core right wing nationalists”. In an interview with Sky News, Clarke hit out at his party colleagues for

Forty years ago, voters went to the polls in the first ever nation-wide referendum to decide whether or not the UK a should remain a member of the European Economic Community. The Yes camp won by a comfortable margin. Everyone who mattered

The Vice President of the National Convention of the Conservative Party has today declared his support for the ‘Out’ Campaign in a European Referendum, during an exclusive interview with Breitbart London. Having voted to stay in the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1975,

Tony Blair and Nigel Farage need to step away from headlining their respective campaigns in the EU referendum, according to a survey for think tank British Future. Polling results seem to show that the two men risk harming their own cause

Last night’s episode of BBC’s Question Time witnessed an unusual event, namely an out and proud Eurosceptic admitting that there is nothing David Cameron can negotiate with other European governments that could convince her to vote to stay in. Jill

One of the oft-touted leaders of the eurosceptic ‘out’ campaign has come out in favour of staying inside the European Union, if David Cameron’s renegotiation leads to a ‘two tier’ Europe. Matthew Elliott, who led the successful No2AV campaign against electoral

On Wednesday this week the Conservative Party’s manifesto promise of an In/Out referendum on membership of the EU became Government policy following its formal announcement in the Queen’s Speech. To date opponents of the plan have alleged that the policy

David Cameron’s whistle-stop charm offensive around the EU stops in Germany today as he meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the BBC reports. The prime minister needs to convince the world’s most powerful woman to agree with his reform agenda if

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has slammed the draft European Union (referendum) Bill that has been published by the British government today, claiming that due to an exclusion of any purdah rules, there can be no guarantee of a free

British Prime Minister David Cameron has received advice from Denmark’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, warning him that copying the Danish model of opt-outs from European Union law has given the Scandinavian country “nothing but problems.” Cameron, now leading a majority

David Cameron’s plans to debate significant reforms to the EU have taken a blow as an agreement between France and Germany to integrate the eurozone without renegotiating any treaties has been revealed. Mr Cameron has embarked on a tour of Europe,

Europhiles working to keep Britain within the EU must not be allowed to railroad discussions over an EU referendum onto questions of who would be eligible to vote in it, senior Tory MP John Redwood has warned. Writing in the Telegraph,

Britain’s EU Commissioner has attacked anti-EU campaigners by implying their cause would damage trade and business. Lord Jonathan Hill, who earns around EUR20,000 a month plus expenses from his taxpayer-funded job overseeing financial services, said he believed the country would