National multi-party referendum campaign launch.

The full report, here, is in The Guardian, Gisela Stuart MP will play a major role, there should be every hope that it will have a major impact on this now potentially despotic government. A quote:

The campaign promises to launch in every region of Britain during September and October. So far, the political consensus is that it has yet to gather enough steam to damage the government. There is no sign that Mr Brown plans to give ground.

However, Mr Stringer and Ms Stuart have infuriated some Labour MPs who believe they give the idea of a referendum some credibility, and so provide David Cameron and the Tories with much-needed political cover. The campaign's timing also falls awkwardly for Mr Brown as he tries to project himself as a listening, consultative MP.

Hinting at this, Ms Stuart said: "This is an issue of trust. We were elected on the promise of a referendum. If we are serious about restoring trust in politics, we have to keep our promise and give people a say on this important decision." The Lib Dem MP Mike Hancock made a similar point: "We promised the public a referendum. If the public can't trust politicians on this, how can they trust us on anything else?"