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Tuesday, 17th June 2008

The fight against ratification continues

Peter Hoskin 3:14pm

According to a new YouGov / Open Europe poll:

54% [of respondents] agreed with the statement that "The government should drop the Lisbon Treaty and not try and ratify it".

Just 14% agreed that "The government should carry on and ratify the Lisbon Treaty in the UK".

That's pretty emphatic, I'd say.  For full results, click here (excel file).

And the anti-ratification petition submitted to Downing Street by Neil O'Brien and Richard North continues apace.  At the time of writing, it's picked up some 6,854 signatories.  You can add your name here.

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Dr Tchok

June 17th, 2008 3:35pm Report this comment

...and seems to be growing by about 20 signatures a minute...

Alex

June 17th, 2008 5:13pm Report this comment

Re this anti-ratification petition; even if the number of signatures hit 5m, would the Government take action? One suspects not unfortunatley.

I have added my signature anyway.

Ben Stevenson

June 17th, 2008 7:32pm Report this comment

Over 10,000 signatures now.

Nigel Farage of UKIP has also submitted a petition - which has nearly 10,000 signatures.

"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Let the people decide on the future relationship between Britain and the European Union and not pass through new treaties without consulting the voters...."

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/LTPD07/

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