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And six out of 10 people want to have the final say on whether we pull out.
The poll compiled for the Campaign for a Referendum, piles further pressure on David Cameron to hold the first referendum on Europe since 1975.
Nikki Sinclaire, who runs the campaign, said: “This is an encouraging development and raises the prospect of an early debate on our continued membership of the EU.
“Almost eight in 10 people want a national debate on the pros and cons of EU membership.”
Only 30 per cent said they wanted to remain in the EU, according to the YouGov poll.
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“The huge response to our campaign, together with the findings of our poll, show that most people want their say.”
The Independent MEP, added: “Clearly the
people of Britain want to decide who governs Britain. It must be alarming to the Government that despite all their assurances on sovereignty and cast-iron promises, more and more people have given up on this European project. This argument has gone on far too long, we must decide our course once and for all in a binding referendum.”
Analysis shows that EU membership costs Britain £48 million a day, which amounts to £4,912 per household over the last 11 years.
The results of today’s poll adds further weight to the
Daily Express petition to force a Commons debate on leaving the EU.
All demands which get at least 100,000 signatures on the Government’s new e-petition site will have to be considered for a debate in Parliament.
Before the official launch of the site, the Daily Express had already gathered 75,000 signatures backing the call for a referendum which we established on our own website. We are pressing the Government to add those names to the official petition on its site, which itself is already approaching the 10,000 mark.
Readers who added their names to our original petition on
http://www.express.co.uk can expect to receive an email in the next few days from the official e-petition site requesting their permission for their names to be added.
Just click on the link you receive by email and your signature will be transferred to the official Government petition.
Joining our campaign will force the country’s politicians to discuss an issue that is gathering momentum as Britain bails out failing eurozone states.
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