Hague: This proposition is the wrong question at the wrong time
Monday, 24 October 2011 12:32 PM
Foreign secretary William Hague responds to the threat to the government from rebellious Tory MPs ahead of tonight's EU referendum vote:
"I've argued for more referendums than almost anybody else, I've argued against the euro more comprehensively than almost anybody else.
"But this proposition is the wrong question at the wrong time.
"It wasn't in the manifesto of either of the governing parties. It cuts right across the rules for holding referendums that we have just agreed by large majorities.
"It would create additional economic uncertainty in this country at a difficult economic time.
"Europe is undergoing a process of change and in an in-out referendum people would want to know where the change was going to finish up before they voted."
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