Ian Davidson, the Labour MP who has been leading the charge for a referendum, has managed to get down an amendment on whether or not Britain should remain in the European Union; the Lib Dem’s failure to get the Deputy Speaker to accept their amendment on this yesterday led to them storming out of the Commons. Davidson has succeeded where Nick Clegg failed by proposing a two question referendum which would ask:
“Should the United Kingdom retain its membership of the European Union?”
“If it remains a member of the European Union, should the United Kingdom approve the Lisbon Treaty?” The amendment will appear on the Order Paper tomorrow and will come to a vote next Wednesday. (Update: The Lib Dems have been on the phone to point out that it is not certain that their will be a vote on Wednesday and therefore Davidson hasn’t achieved more than Clegg.
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