In 2005 the Labour government made a manifesto promise to give the country a referendum on the new European Union treaty...

So far the Labour government has failed to allow a referendum, claiming the revised treaty is
..less far reaching than its predecessor
. This despite the fact that nine European leaders have stated it is 95% the same as the original document.

This failure to honour a manifesto promise has prevented the British electorate from expressing it's views about the European Union treaty.