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EU referendum: what we learned from the Queen's speech

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imageCameron is in a real hurry to get the referendum underway.BBC

The promised referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU is now firmly on the parliamentary agenda. Opening parliament on May 27, the Queen announced that the government would introduce early legislation to enable a vote to take place as well as measures to renegotiate the...

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