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An In / Out referendum on Europe?

One of my Essex constituents today lets me know what she thinks about the Foreign Secretary’s dismissal of the case for an In / Out EU vote:

“William Hague does not want there to be a referendum on Europe. 

Well he does not have to vote then.   He can abstain.”

I sense the public mood in the country is shifting - and not just about Europe.  The era of deferential democracy is over.  I suspect we will see a lot more direct democracy about many more things regardless of what politicians might prefer.

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