Sentence examples for using the referendum to from inspiring English sources

So Johnson is using the referendum to bolster his credentials as a contender.

As for using the referendum to kick "unresponsive politicians," it is reasonable to do this when leading politicians were recommending a treaty that they admitted they had not read completely themselves.

It is hardly surprising that when given an opportunity not available in a general election, where all major parties supported open EU borders, that they leaped at the chance of using the referendum to say no.

Yet he has been more muted than the Chinese military officers who warned last week that Taiwan was facing an "abyss of war" and that China would accept any economic penalty to prevent Taiwan from using the referendum to advance the independence movement.

Quite apart from the fact that Boris, Davis and Fox find it hard to agree on anything, Boris has also now come under attack from Alan Duncan, one of his junior ministers in the Foreign Office, who accused him in a BBC documentary of having never wanted to leave the EU and using the referendum to further his career.

The attack by the energy secretary, Chris Huhne, in the final week of the campaign further exposes the deep anger among Liberal Democrats that Cameron is using the referendum to shore up his position within the Conservative party at Clegg's expense.

Voters may use the referendum to defeat a government committed to the treaty.

"I think it would be quite wrong to use the referendum to make changes to the electorate," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

Forty-nine per cent of voters said they would use the referendum to leave the EU, as against 40% who prefer to stay in.

Electorally, however, the main beneficiaries of the campaign will be Sinn Fein, which used the referendum to raise its national profile with voters, and Fianna Fail.

The former Deputy Prime Minister claims that the Scottish National Party will use the referendum to make another push for an independent Scotland.