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10/21/07

BBC NEWS: Tories 'unlikely to win EU vote'

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Tories 'unlikely to win EU vote'

The Conservatives are "unlikely" to defeat the government over a referendum on the EU reform treaty, shadow foreign secretary William Hague told the BBC. Mr Hague accused the government of breaking its "solemn" promise to hold a public vote - and pledged a "real Parliamentary battle" to win one. But he acknowledged it would be "difficult" to defeat Labour without the backing of Lib Dem MPs.

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