John Major's cabinet considered holding EU vote, papers reveal

Ministers could not agree on question for referendum aimed at quelling EuroscepticismJohn Major’s ministers considered holding a referendum about the European Union in 1994 but could not decide what the question would be, official cabinet records reveal.Faced with mounting Eurosceptic pressure, the then prime minister manoeuvred to prevent opposition to Brussels from building up. His officials even tried rewriting some of Margaret Thatcher’s increasingly critical speeches. Continue r