Cameron Accused Of Trying To Rig Eu Referendum.

[tonyav]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/tories-accuse-cameron-of-trying-to-rig-eu-referendum-with-propaganda/ar-BBkSofP

[askyourgran]

I have had a sneaky suspicion that Cameron would do something like this, I don't think he wants Britain to leave the EU at all. I suspected that we are to be fed the line that the reforms are satisfactory to the Government and we are obliged to stay in for another specified length of time. I just hope the Referendum will be held and the British people vote fairly.

[tonyav]

I totally agree with that, ayg.

[bazwillrun]

" I don't think he wants Britain to leave the EU at all."

a government never offers a referendum unless it is reasonably sure of the answer it wants being returned....in this case a yes vote

the eussr also announced a couple days ago it would be putting money into getting a yes vote here...so thats your money/taxes being spent to get what it wants even if you want out !

[ichkeria]

This is a pretty ridiculous accusation.
The reality of a referendum is: you call a vote and then each side spends vast amounts of cash spreading increasingly ludicrous claims to support its point of view. That is why I am not keen on them, unless there is a constitutional reason. The AV referendum we had a few years ago was a case in point, I was pro-AV, but even I got embarrassed by some of the nonsense spouted by the "Yes" campaign.
Pretty rich in any case for any Tory currently to complain about "propaganda" as many of them are sitting in Parliament today on the strength of Tory Central Office's spamming scare campaign in marginals during the election campaign. All perfectly legal.