Brown refuses referendum on giving vast powers to the European dictatorship after promising to do so
'The row over whether Gordon Brown should have a referendum on the EU treaty took a new turn yesterday with trade union leaders joining Conservatives in calling for a public vote on the issue.
The prime minister looks set to face an embarrassing defeat at next month's TUC conference on the referendum issue - with three unions in favour of an active "no" campaign to urge the public to throw out the proposed changes altogether.'
