tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post253133660908864769..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: Lib Dems abstained on Lisbon Treaty referendum because they thought it "would fail"OEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-81315955281641553912010-12-21T21:58:30.113+00:002010-12-21T21:58:30.113+00:00we all knew the device of abstaining by the LibDum...we all knew the device of abstaining by the LibDums was to make sure that the British people did not have a say in the future of their country by having a referendun on the Lisbon treaty. In the Lords Shirley Williams et al ignored the order to abstain and voted against a referendum because in the Lords there was a chance that the NO to a referendum would be lost .<br /> The LibDims moved heaven and earth to stop us having a ref on the Lisbon last nail in the UK coffin. Liberal they are not Democrats they are not . however their comeuppance seems imminent. I await their decimation with relish .hreward2https://www.blogger.com/profile/17534675083493724953noreply@blogger.com