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HARRY PHIBBS: Reports suggest the next Conservative manifesto will propose two referendums on the European Union. If it does, this could be the issue that brings about a majority Conservative government, rather than a coalition or a return to Labour. What is more important, it could mean the British people at last restored to self-government. ...read
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