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The islanders are due to vote in a referendum later this year, which is expected to give overwhelming backing for the territory to remain British.

The islanders are due to vote in a referendum in March that is expected to give overwhelming backing for the territory to remain British.

The islanders are due to vote in a March referendum, which is expected to give overwhelming backing for the territory to remain British.

Separate meetings of both companies gave overwhelming backing for the merger despite criticisms from some small investors of the generous options packages for the new chief executive, Jean-Pierre Garnier, and other directors.

Meanwhile, fans' group Sons of Struth say in a poll of their members there was overwhelming backing for the removal of Sandy Easdale as a Rangers director and for shareholder and Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley to cancel his seven-year contract for the naming rights to Ibrox.

Former Labour foreign secretary David Owen last night swung his support dramatically behind the party he left 33 years ago – pledging a substantial donation to it – as Ed Miliband won overwhelming backing from delegates for his party reforms.

Ed Miliband got the result he wanted at his special one-day conference - the overwhelming backing of party members for his shake-up of Labour's links with the unions.

Tomorrow, the Commons will vote on whether to give sanctuary to 3,000 child refugees, following the overwhelming backing of the House of Lords for a resettlement proposal, after it voted last month for an amendment by Lord Dubs, who was rescued as a child when fleeing the Nazis, and who called on the government to remember the Kindertransport programme.

The CSJ polling suggests overwhelming 70% backing for tax breaks for marriage.

One opinion poll taken earlier this year suggested there was overwhelming public backing for the new law.

There is still overwhelming public backing in Israel for the conflict, even though the last Israeli war in Lebanon ended in a deeply unpopular 18-year occupation.