Re: The KEY points of Cameron's EU deal are up for debate.
Originally Posted by
JBR
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No, not strange, but wrong in my opinion considering that half of the government are in favour of our escape.
To my mind, a fair referendum should be held after BOTH sides of the argument have been considered carefully, and the government (were it not so corrupt) should present full details both for and against.
Clearly, Cameron is in favour of staying in and, having the support of 'his' civil servants and 'his' money (to say nothing of his bosses in Brussels), has a clear advantage. This can hardly be considered the way to conduct a fair referendum.
Hi
I think I may have not explained clearly enough, apologies.
Up to the date that the Referendum Bill became law, both in and out campaign groups were funded by private donation.
Any money before that date does not have to be declared.
Now it is in force the Electoral Commission takes over and both sides have the same amount of money to spend and this will be checked, just like in a normal election.
It is Government Policy to stay in, so Civil Servants have to follow this until they go into purdah before the date of the Election, this is normally 28 days before.
The OUT Campaign Groups have been very well funded before the date, they have plenty of money, some very rich backers.
You cannot have a situation where Civil Servants are forced to brief both for and against Government Policy.
The majority of the Government are in favour of staying in, so unless and until they have a vote of no confidence in Cameron , that is how it will stay.
I am not worried by this, the OUT Groups are very well funded, but that is just my opinion.
If the EU start sticking their nose in, I would cry foul, that would be wrong.