But that was the only time the British people were offered a referendum on the constitutional changes in the EU that affect us. Neither John Major nor Tony Blair offered a referendum on the Maastricht or Lisbon treaties which changed the nature of the common market from a trading arrangement to “ever closer political union”.
It was also Tony Blair who gave up the right to control immigration when the EU enlarged to 28 nations which increased immigration almost overnight and fuelled the arguments put forward by UKIP.