mo4ch:>Newly declassified docs reveal former PM Major’s mooted Europe vote | Mo4ch News
Former British Prime Minister John Major and his cabinet considered holding an EU referendum in 1994 but could not agree on the wording of the questions to put to the public, according to newly released records.While it falls short of a potential Brexit-from-the-past, the recently released government records relating to the year 1994 show yet another example of British governments struggling to get to grips the complexity of the European Union. Major served as prime minister from November 28 1990 to May 2 1997.“Suggestions had been made that referenda should be held on two issues, the 1996 intergovernmental conference and adoption of a single currency,” the newly declassified documents from the Prime Minister’s Office and the Cabinet Office read.Also on rt.comTories at war: Leadsom rebukes Rudd’s 2nd Brexit referendum remarksEven relatively straightforward topics, such as the reasoning behind the use of the term ‘European Union’ instead of ‘European Community’ was described as “clear …