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Article: British Conservative MP Defects to Referendum Party
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- March 8, 1997
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Britain's ruling Conservative Party's MP Sir George Gardiner has
decided to resign as the Conservative whip and join the country's
Referendum Party, according to a BBC television report.
The Referendum Party, which wants to have a national referendum
on
Britain's position in Europe, announced this afternoon that George
Gardiner had quit the Conservatives and would represent the
Referendum Party in parliament until the general election due to be
held in May.
Speaking at a press conference in Glasgow, Referendum Party
leader
Sir James Goldsmith said, "Sir George's move showed country must
come ...