Brown in Berlin vetoes Referendum

The following is from today's The Independent, linked here: Mr Brown, who was in Berlin yesterday for dinner with Chancellor Angela Merkel, said it would be possible to make rapid progress on setting a date for the treaty agreed in principle at last month's Brussels summit. "We will not require a referendum on this. It is something that can be worked on closely by Parliament. I think we can make progress quickly on this," he said. The new PM is in Paris this evening, presumably receiving further instructions from his other new boss - President Sarkozy.