Yet the voters are clearly ignoring his appeal for a referendum to end immigration.
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have hinted that they may abstain in any assembly vote on a referendum.
For them, the recent promise of a future EU referendum was good but not good enough.
But the session once again pointed up the pressure imbalance generated by the referendum.
Eurosceptic Tory MP Douglas Carswell urged Number 10 to bring forward legislation for a referendum.
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The referendum promise he made in January was another concession extracted under extreme pressure.
Turnout in the referendum was low, around 50%, partly because of poor weather during voting Thursday.
He has promised to bring any peace agreement to a vote in a national referendum.
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Southern Sudan would become Africa's 54th nation on 9 July 2011 if the referendum is passed.
Some business leaders warned then that David Cameron's EU referendum proposal would hurt investment.
Despite the merits of the issue, I hate to see the Supreme Court overturn a referendum.
David Cameron says he'll have a referendum, but no-one believes a word he says.
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On Thursday he did back-track, announcing there was no need for the referendum after all.
Did Margaret Thatcher ask by referendum to be allowed to carry out social reforms?
Did Tony Blair ask by referendum to be allowed to send troops into Iraq?
Labour refused to build a partnership to win the argument well before the referendum.
We expect that the referendum planned for January next year will take place as scheduled.
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In the 1997 referendum, 50.3% voted and delivered the slimmest of majorities to establish the assembly.
"Of course, we can't be happy with the outcome, " said Igor Miosic, a referendum organizer.
More than 1, 000 people have signed a petition calling for a referendum over the hospital's future.
In 1994, Swedes voted by 52.2 percent in a referendum to join the European Union.
The government said the referendum result wouldn't affect Icelandic government bond repayments in 2011 or 2012.
Let's have a proper campaign, debate this passionately, then have some kind of referendum.
With no referendum after a decade, there's frustration among the Saharawi and talk of war.
The vote in the Scottish independence referendum will be held on 18 September next year.
Mr Salmond said the referendum should involve the wider public and be "built in Scotland".
Mrs Gillan also reiterated her intention that the referendum would take place next spring.
Now the question has been formally agreed legal moves begin to call the referendum vote.
If the Greek people vote against my plan in the referendum, I will also resign.
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The Welsh government says powers to vary income tax should not be devolved without a referendum.
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