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Cameron: 'PM betraying voters over referendum' (Andrew Grice, 15 October 2007, Independent)

Gordon Brown is under mounting pressure over Europe as he prepares to attend his first European Union summit as Prime Minister this week.

David Cameron warned Mr Brown that he would betray the voters' trust unless he promised a referendum on a new EU treaty, due to be agreed by EU leaders in Lisbon on Thursday and Friday.

A senior Labour MP warned that the special opt-outs won by Britain could prove worthless, while the European Commission said they would hamper the fight against terrorism.

There's no worse political sin than forcing your opponent to take the winning side of an issue.

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 14, 2007 7:56 PM