Tories could put Lisbon to voters – Johnson

October 5, 2009 by Infowars Ireland

Boris Johnson urges consultation

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The Tories could give British voters a say on ‘key parts’ of the Lisbon Treaty even if the document has been completely ratified before the next general election, Boris Johnson has said.

The Conservative Mayor of London said David Cameron would still need to ‘give effect’ to people’s views even if the Treaty was ratified.

The Tory leader has only promised a referendum on the Treaty if it has not already been ratified by all 27 members of the European Union before he comes to power.

He is resisting pressure to explain what he would do, and whether there would be a referendum, if the Treaty had taken effect before then.

Mr Johnson said he thought it was ‘bizarre’ that people were being given no say over the prospect of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair becoming president of the EU.

‘I do think there should be a consultation as soon as possible,’ he told BBC Breakfast.

He admitted that if the Treaty had been ratified by the last two EU members, the Czech Republic and Poland, then it would be ‘a different situation’.

‘It will be a matter for William Hague and David Cameron to work out how to give effect to the consultation that I think the people want,’ he said. Read full article…