Derek Deedman

In the next few weeks Parliament will vote on whether to hold a European referendum.

Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats are campaigning for the British people to be given a real choice through a referendum on our membership of the European Union as a whole.

Unlike the Conservatives, who are proposing just a restrictive referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, the Liberal Democrats want that real referendum. This is because if Britain is to stride forward confidently into the 21st century and tackle global issues like climate change and terrorism, we need to decide once and for all whether our future lies within the European Union, or outside it.

In that referendum campaign the Liberal Democrats will argue long and hard for Britain’s vital place in the EU.

Please support our challenge to the Government and the Conservative Party to give the public a real choice on Europe by clicking on the “A real vote on Europe” link, and signing the Liberal Democrat petition.