SUNDAY EXPRESS: ONE of Nick Clegg’s most senior advisers last night called for a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU.Tim Farron, the president of the Liberal Democrats, said Britain’s relationship with Brussels had become so “poisonous” that voters deserved the chance to express their views.
The MP, who is tipped to be the party’s next leader, said spats with EU partners reminded him of a “bad marriage” in which vows needed to be either renewed or annulled.
He said the EU had changed enormously since Britons were last given a say in 1975 and that the referendum pledge should form part of the Lib Dems’ next general election manifesto.
The question to be put to voters could be as simple as, “Should Britain remain in the EU?” he suggested. » | Ted Jeory | Sunday, May 15, 2011
