Ratification delayed for UK court ruling on referendum

Britain’s final ratification of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty will not take place until after the British High Court rules on a legal bid to force a referendum, British prime minister Gordon Brown said today.

Ratification delayed for UK court ruling on referendum

Britain’s final ratification of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty will not take place until after the British High Court rules on a legal bid to force a referendum, British prime minister Gordon Brown said today.

High Court judge Lord Justice Richards today said he was “very surprised” that ministers appeared to be planning to press ahead with ratification before he handed down his ruling next week.

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