namtas The report in my link was revised in 2005.

You'll certainly get flack for that reply!!!

To go back to the original question, on referendums.What would be the result of a referendum on death penalty, gay marriage, tightening immigration control, cancelling the EU court on "human rights" , whether the English want the Scots in the UK, and so on. The fact is we have a particular form of parliamentary democracy in which referendums are rare, and I remain uncertain if one on this issue is a good idea.

I'll be a-listnin' into what Jazza has got to say 'bout the EU 'kerfuffles' in the omnibus edition of the Archers this sunday [as will millions of others] whilst I'm doin' my dirty dishes. David Cameron's 'heart & soul' method of convincing Britain to stay inside the EU, might need the extra 'brains' of his newly-appointed spin-doctor(s) to win a YES vote in the referendum.

PS. I can't get BOLD Italics etc. to work in the reply box :o{

"I would go for the out vote just because I do not like laws that stop us deporting murderers rapist and Terrorist suspects back to their own countries."

And that illustrates the problem in a nutshell.

People are simply not aware that that particular issue, like many others, just as contentious, has nothing to do with the EU, but is down to the European Court of Human Rights, an entirely separate treaty obligation.

Anything unpopular, just shout as loudly as possible "It's the EU".