Article: Irishman to buy Britain a 'referendum' on EU pact Millionaire will field 400 candidates to stand on issue of the Lisbon treaty at the next European elections

THE MAN credited with delivering the historic "No" vote in Ireland against the EU's Lisbon Treaty has disclosed far-reaching plans to give voters throughout Europe a referendum on the handover of power to Brussels.

Declan Ganley is planning to field more than 400 candidates in next June's European Parliament elections, in the 26 countries - including Britain - where voters have had no direct say on the treaty.

The energy and rhetoric of Mr Ganley, a multimillionaire businessman, was widely credited with persuading the Irish to reject the treaty, even though every leading Irish political party apart from Sinn Fein was urging voters to say "Yes".

Now he wants to give British voters a chance to ...

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