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Straw fights off referendum, euro opposition grows

The UK's foreign secretary Jack Straw continued his government's rearguard action against calls for a referendum on the Constitution, as the administration faces a meltdown in the polls over its Europe policy.

The UK government has been forced into making a series of statements, in response to fresh Conservative and media claims that the EU is trying to create an 'EU super state'.

In the last week top government officials including Prime Minister Tony Blair, Secretary of State fo...

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