New poll: 62% of UK voters would vote No in Lisbon Treaty referendum

67% say none of the main parties represent their views on Britain’s relationship with the EU.

A new poll by the Taxpayers’ Alliance/ICM has found that, if people were asked in a referendum whether or not they would vote for Britain to sign up to the Lisbon Treaty, 62 percent said they would vote not to sign up to it; 28 percent said they would vote to sign it; and 9 percent said they didn’t know.

When asked about the question, “If other countries wouldn’t let us take back powers or renegotiate our relationship, should the British Government…?”, 37 percent agreed with the option that the Government should abide by that decision, and 57 percent agreed with the option that the Government should take the powers away regardless of what other countries or the EU said.

When asked, “Some people we have spoken to have said that none of the main political parties adequately represents their own views on Britain’s future relationship with the EU”, 67 percent agreed and 28 percent disagreed.

When asked if the Government should comply with EU rules on working time and VAT, 28 percent said the Government should “always abide by these rules” but 69 percent said the Government should “abide by those rules the British Government agrees with but not others”. When asked if Britain should pay fines imposed by the EU for breaking EU rules, 38 percent said Britain should pay the fines, and 60 percent said they should not pay the fines.

Source: Open Europe, May 22, 2009

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