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Top Tories fear vote on EU membership

Gordon Brown could trump calls for a referendum on the EU treaty by offering a vote on Britain’s membership of the European Union, senior Tories fear (Francis Elliott writes).

David Cameron warned the Prime Minister last night that voters would see through a move that would force the Tories to join Labour to campaign to keep Britain in the EU. A vote on Britain’s membership, a Lib Dem policy, would split the Tories.

Speaking in Berlin, Mr Cameron said: “Labour has to understand the people were offered a vote on the constitution. If they offer a different vote, people will think even less of them than they do now.” The Tory leader’s visit to Germany was in part intended to disprove Mr Brown’s claim that he is without friends in Europe.