"There were 81 Conservative MPs who rebelled on the EU referendum issue last time, " he told BBC Two's Daily Politics programme.
Mr Li says the government's own failure to articulate a clear-cut view on the referendum issue beyond repetition of well-known formulas opposing independence may also explain why some are becoming indifferent.
But speaking on the Today programme, the former Conservative leader Lord Howard insisted "there isn't going to be any further transfer of power" from the UK to Brussels so "the referendum issue doesn't arise".
So if you hear the U.K. government is bringing the referendum issue to a head you can guess that the U.K. is going to leave the EU. This exit will of course have hugely consequences.
Mr Baron gathered 100 signatures from Tory backbenchers for a letter to the prime minister suggesting this ploy, which he thinks would flush out the other parties on the referendum issue, and reassure an electorate which has become cynical about promised referendums.
Labour should "reflect very seriously on the wisdom of saying there should be another parallel referendum on an issue which the public is not clamouring for a referendum at a time when we are seeking to settle what the future of the UK is", he said.
Manuel Zelaya was trying to pass a non-binding referendum on the issue of constitutional reform.
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But far fewer want another divisive referendum on the issue in the near future.
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"We've proven that six out of 10 people now want a referendum on this issue, " she said.
On Saturday, 72 of the 90 eligible voters in Trokavec cast ballots in a referendum on the issue.
But opponents are calling for the reform to be overturned and hope to force a referendum on the issue.
His supporters are collecting signatures for a separate referendum on this issue.
Switzerland, where critics on left and right are collecting signatures for a referendum on the issue on November 25th, benefits because it genuinely wants to clean up its reputation.
The deputy prime minister said he was "disappointed" to have to give way, adding that he had offered his Conservative partners a referendum on the issue in 2015 as part of a compromise deal but this had been rejected.
Now the anti-wolf-shooting crowd had forced a third referendum on the issue, and Palin, who kept a pair of wolf pelts hanging on her office wall, behind a cradle swing for Trig, was keen to see the initiative fail.
Two-thirds of voters under age 30 support legalizing pot, bringing the overall total to 51%, and giving a boost to referendum campaigns on the issue.
People will also have the power to approve or veto "excessive" council tax rises that are above the ceiling set by the government, and trigger a referendum on any local issue.
And the chairman of the influential Conservative backbench 1922 committee, Mr Pritchard, went further on Monday, urging the prime minister told hold a referendum on the wider issue of the UK's EU membership.
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The South Sudanese referendum will not settle the issue of control over all of southern Sudan.
David Cameron's biggest claim will be that a referendum will settle the European issue once and for all.
He has now promised to put the issue to a referendum within two years of the next general election, assuming he wins it.
Oh Se-hoon had called a referendum on the seemingly trivial issue of whether free school lunches should be provided to all children, or only to poor ones.
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Using US data, we find that adopting say-on-pay, a regular non-binding shareholder vote on executive compensation (similar to issue 1 in the Swiss referendum, although it will be a binding vote in Switzerland) and removing staggered boards (similar to issue) along with other corporate governance improvements unambiguously improves firm value on average, as reflected by the stock market.
Argentina's top diplomat in the United Kingdom, meanwhile, maintained her government's position that the referendum did nothing to settle the issue.
His critics accuse him of trying to confuse the main issue in the November referendum, which is whether Australia should be a republic or a monarchy.
Mr Blair and his ministers have brushed aside such calls, even though many see it as odd to reject the idea of a referendum on the most important constitutional issue to have come before the country in decades, given that the Labour government has called 34 referendums on other issues (mainly about local mayors) since 1997.
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