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Former Prime Minister David Cameron was asked on BBC Radio 4 Today programme, whether he reasons, the regret about the call to the 2016 referendum and whether it is "party management"?

Mr Cameron said: "Every Party , was Under Pressure on this issue. every single Political Party in the UK fought the hold an election between 2005 and 2015, with a promise to hold a referendum: the Labour Party have done to the Liberal Democrats , The Greens , UKIP, of course, we did it. "

he Is in the right?

What has been said by the parties?

Not Every Party has argued consistently for a simple in/out referendum, with the option of withdrawal from the EU as a whole, in This Time .

But it is true to say that the membership in the EU as a Problem for the Political Parties pre-dated 2014.

that was the year that the UK Independence Party (UKIP) won The Most votes in the elections to the European Parliament, sweeping away her more established competitors.

"I've read so many times... that the referendum came about because the Tories have been whacked by UKIP in the 2014 elections," Cameron said.

But he denied this, saying that the support for a referendum "was a flash in the pan".

The Liberal Democrats , although the decision to leave against the UK, the EU, were to call The First major Political Party for an in /out referendum.

the Current leader of The Party , Jo Swinson , said in Parliament in 2008 that the Liberal Democrats "would like to have a referendum on the important question of whether we are in or outside of Europe ".

An official party pamphlet in This Time , also supported the idea.

The Party said in 2010 election Manifesto, it remained committed to an in /out referendum "the next time a British government signs up for fundamental change in The Relationship " with the EU.

was This would not leave an indication of The Party - he said it still believed it was in England long-term interests for accession to The Euro - have to say it But , the circumstances should be provided, in which the conditions of membership to the people in the UK.

Similarly, the Green Party in 2010, supported the proposals for an in /out referendum, saying: "It is Yes to Europe , Yes to the reform of the EU-But also Yes to a referendum".

work is not supported, a referendum on the terms of British membership in 2005, in his Manifesto - although it will remain a simple choice between leaving or there. It is this promise in the year of 2010.

Mr Cameron and his successor, Theresa May ,

Once a referendum had already been agreed, to ensure the Conservatives in the 2015 election, the labour Manifesto that there could be "no transfer of powers from the UK to the European Union without the consent of The British public an in/out referendum".

As for the Conservative Party , which says it's official, an in /out referendum - with a deadline to deliver - in 2015. The Party had called for the referendums on the adoption of elements of the EU Constitution and on the further transfer of power in 2005 and 2010.

In 2011, The Coalition has given the government a so-called "referendum lock", which is a legal obligation to hold a referendum, when all the proposals have been made to further powers from the UK to the EU.

In a speech in 2013, Mr Cameron has for The First time, indicated that he planned to hold a referendum at the appropriate time. He argued against the implementation of an in-out referendum at this point, But said it is being discussed for a "right justified".

"At the end of the debate, you will decide for The British people," he said.

He indicated that he was in favor of remaining in a reformed EU.

What The Public has?

Since 1997, the polling firm Ipsos Mori asked 1,000 British voters every month, the problems are The Most important with which the country faced.

In The Years prior to 2016, the referendum, Ipsos Mori data shows Europe , initially presented at the bottom of The Public list of concerns.

Soon after Cameron was the PM in 2010, for example, only 1% of British voters of Europe listed as an important issue.

the Percentage of voters identifying EU / Europe / Brexit as one of The Most important issues of the UK -

June 1997 - August 2019

source: Ipsos Mori

in Spite of the Problem the upward trend in The Years that followed, only 8% identified that relate to Europe , in may 2014 - the month of the elections to the European Parliament.

But this seemingly low score may not tell the whole story.

While the economy dominated voters ' heads in the early 2010s, the immigration was also a significant and growing concern.

Michael Clemence, of Ipsos Mori , says that the two issues of Europe and immigration is likely to already bloated like a in the eyes of some voters This Time :

"Public concern about the EU (and what would later be called Brexit ) remains quite low until after the referendum vote in 2016. "

"However, in The Years prior to the referendum, concern about related topics was higher. For example, immigration is the biggest concern for The British public in both 2014 and 2015," he says.

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Source of news: bbc.com