Stuart Wheeler explains why he is going to the Courts to force Labour to honour its manifesto promise on a EU referendum

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[Ian Miller]

We had a referendum in - 1980 I think it was, for the creation of a Scottish parliament which required a minimum 60% of the electorate to vote for change from the status quo before it could be ratified by parliament.

Surely therefore, in the national interest, before we hand UK sovereignty over to a Federal EU we should similarly insist on at least the same level of public assent by referendum, This has far greater implications for us as a nation than whether or not Scotland has its parliament.

[Ian Miller]

We had a referendum in - 1980 I think it was, for the creation of a Scottish parliament which required a minimum 60% of the electorate to vote for change from the status quo before it could be ratified by parliament.

Surely therefore, in the national interest, before we hand UK sovereignty over to a Federal EU we should similarly insist on at least the same level of public assent by referendum, This has far greater implications for us as a nation than whether or not Scotland has its parliament.