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  1. Neil O'Brien, Is the key motivation behind your campaign a desire to minimise the EU's strangehold over British legislation or simply an effort to give the people a democratic voice, whatever their decision?
    Asked by Macpherson on Apr 17 2008 4:29:24 PM and supported by 16 members
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Both. I would rather have a referendum and lose it than have no referendum at all. But I want people to be consulted. 

 

More generally I believe in decentralization – power flowing back down from the EU to the local and national level, and an increase in accountability and transparency not just in the EU but also more generally – for example the ever-growing number of quangos.

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