“I do think it would be right for such a debate to be held, particularly if the upshot of the Lisbon treaty is going to produce President Blair.” David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, said: “Boris Johnson’s comments show that the Tories are split right to the top on Europe.” A spokesman for Mr Johnson played down talk of a rift. He said: "Boris Johnson was expressing the deep frustration felt by every Conservative and most voters that the Government has agreed to surrender significant powers to the European Union without allowing voters a say in a referendum. There is no rift with David Cameron and his position does not conflict with that of the party leadership." The Eurosceptic Tory backbencher Richard Shepherd said that the party ought to go ahead with a referendum regardless of whether the treaty was in force. Full Article at Times Online