OPINION: Blair's referendum rejection is simply bad PR

Charlie Whelan, charlie.whelan@haynet.com, PR Week UK, 30 May 2003, 12:00AM

The government's failure to hold a referendum on the new European constitution is not just bad politics, it is bad PR. How on earth can New Labour argue the case for Europe when they are not even prepared to put their views to the ultimate test - the verdict of the people?

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