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UK Independence Party offers Labour coalition pact in return for referendum on Europe
Could Labour and UKIP be heading towards an electoral pact with an agreement on an EU in/out referendum?
The Mail reports:
"UKIP could form a coalition with Labour in return for an in/out referendum on Europe, Nigel Farage said."
"In a surprise move, he suggested a deal might be possible with Labour. That would need Ed Miliband to heed the advice of his policy chief Jon Cruddas, who is urging the Labour leader to pledge a referendum on EU membership."
"Mr Cruddas, who has signed a People's Pledge calling for a referendum, believes a public vote on membership is now inevitable, and that Labour could steal a march on the Conservatives by offering to hold one."
"Mr Cameron infuriated UKIP in 2006 by describing the party as a 'bunch of fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists, mostly'."
Or will the Tories hold an in/out EU referendum first?
If they did, they'd have to do so before the next GE, though.
An in/out EU referendum could be the secret weapon to untold electoral victory, and currently there is one party that could play that card first, and it is one of the Coalition parties.
Could the Tories decide to make the move just prior to a General Election? For example, call an in/out referendum, and then call a General Election and ride the wave of triumph that an EU exit would carry?
