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TIME: Given the stable, sizable majority of Britons against joining the euro, why are you so confident you can win a referendum on the euro in this Parliament? BLAIR: If the economic tests are met, then I think it's the right thing for the country to do economically. Some say to me, "Why are you raising the euro issue, why bother? You have public services to sort out, you have a very weak Conservative opposition, why are you even bothering to raise this when obviously it's a difficult question?" The answer is, because there are certain issues upon...
Espy and Pengelly never staged a serious challenge to either of the leading candidates. Their campaign focused on the need for cable television and a student center. The two promised to resign if elected and present their victory to University President Lawrence H. Summers as a referendum on their platform...
...Navy needs to listen to the people of Vieques. Last month, it postponed until January a referendum allowing residents to decide if bombing exercises should continue on their island or be halted in 2003. At this rate, 2003 will come sooner than the vote, and clearly, the Navy doesn’t care. “We do what we want, when we want, because we’re big, and we have money,” they seem to say. It is because of our actions in places like Vieques that we are viewed as callous and self-centered...
Additionally, it is wise to delay the implementation of last year’s referendum lowering the income tax from 5.85 percent to 5 percent. Voters who supported the measure were casting their ballots under very different economic circumstances, and it is the responsibility of our leaders to make sure that policy is able to be flexible enough to adapt to completely unforeseen events...
...explore giving up Britain's sovereignty of Gibraltar, the U.K. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw met Spain's Foreign Minister Josep Pique in Barcelona. Straw said the Rock, held by Britain since 1704, would be returned to Spanish control if its 30,000 inhabitants voted in favor in a referendum. Gibraltar's elected Chief Minister, Peter Caruana, boycotted the talks in protest at the decision to allow him to attend only as a British delegate, preventing him from vetoing any agreements. The ministers said their governments hope to reach an agreement by next summer. CHINA Falun Gong Protest Authorities detained...