Sentence examples for issue of referenda from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats said existing legislation, which provides for a referendum when there is a proposal to transfer sovereignty from the UK to the EU, was "the sensible way to approach the issue of referenda".

The issue of referendum timing and the refugee crisis also concerns Downing Street, but it has been assumed that if the UK cannot complete its negotiations in time for the 17 February EU council and a referendum in June, then a deal would be reached in March, making a referendum possible in late September.

The conversation quickly moved on to the issue of the referendum, and then on to immigration.

Mr Farage criticised Labour's stance on the issue of a referendum, pointing out that the party had once opposed membership of the common market.

The chancellor, who returned from her summer vacation on Monday, has not made any public statement on the issue of a referendum, but she has cautioned that change must come "step by step," not in leaps and bounds.

May said: "That is one of my messages in terms of the issue of the referendum, actually we shouldn't be voting to try to recreate the past, we should be voting for what is right for the future".

"The prime minister made an exceptional exemption to collective responsibility on the specific issue of the referendum question, and the guidance makes a clear distinction between ministers campaigning to leave the EU and those campaigning to remain.

MPs will seek to force a vote on the issue of a referendum on Wednesday.

On the issue of a referendum, he said he wanted Britain to have a free trading agreement with Europe but not "endless political integration".

On perhaps the biggest issue of the referendum campaign, Johnson was out of step with those who backed his calls to leave the EU.

"On the issue of the EU referendum specifically there is a government position.