Instead, Clegg repeated the usual Lib Dem waffle about wanting a referendum on Britain’s continued membership of the EU. That, of course, isn’t on the agenda as Clegg knows full well. Banging on about it is no more than a diversionary tactic that fools nobody.
The Lib Dem position, as usual, is deeply unprincipled. It is generally agreed by respected commentators, including two committees of the House, that the treaty is to all intents and purposes identical to the abandoned constitution. All the major parties in the House promised a referendum on the constitution in their election manifestos. Now only the Conservatives are willing to stand by their pre-election pledge.
No doubt the electorate will remember that when they cast their votes next time around.
