Liberal Democrats hint at conceding EU referendum in event of second coalitionSpeaking on the Today programme yesterday, Liberal Democrat manifesto author David Laws reiterated the party did not support an in/out EU referendum in 2017 but added that “I’m not going to go through the manifesto picking out the things that are or are not red lines… It would be a nuts way to do a negotiation.” The party’s manifesto pledges to cut EU spending, reduce the impact of EU regulation on small businesses, give a combined majority of national parliaments “the automatic ability to block unwanted legislation” and “prevent …read more
Source: Open Europe