EU referendum: Cameron sets June date for UK vote

Re:EU referendum: Cameron sets June date for UK vote by Silhouette on Saturday February 20, 2016 @01:52PM (#11141319)

I expect if we vote to leave, there will be another referendum in 2017 after the EU has had some serious introspection about the democratic deficit. I would expect them to try to keep the UK as a member.

In the news yesterday, before the deal was announced, there was talk of incorporating a specific guarantee that any decision this time would be final, and the EU would not then come back to the UK offering an improved deal later, precisely because of the issue you raised there.

Any mention of that has been notably absent in every news report I've seen so far today. Does anyone know what happened there?

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Re:EU referendum: Cameron sets June date for UK vote by aembleton on Saturday February 20, 2016 @01:58PM (#11141354)

If the EU make significant changes in the next year, I think another referendum would be a healthy thing. Especially if this one is close. This is a very significant decision and whilst I'm for leaving; I'd rather be a member of a pared down EU that concentrated on free trade and less on bureaucracy and the creation of legislation.

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Re:EU referendum: Cameron sets June date for UK vote by Silhouette on Saturday February 20, 2016 @02:06PM (#11141399)

It sounds like we'd broadly agree on the politics. I tend to favour the UK being part of what the EU could be, but I'm much less sure about remaining part of what the EU actually is and what some of the other member states apparently want it to be in the future. As always, I'll choose how to vote at each election on its own merits, and I'll certainly watch how the situation develops over the next few months before making a final decision on this one.

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