Now the Lib Dem supporters do not understand

Now even the Lib Dems do not understand what they are voting for. This is taken from the influential Lib Dem website libdemvoice:

But two points are still unclear to me about the stance the parliamentary party has adopted (in spite of all that I've read on the subject):

1. why the Lib Dems voted for a referendum on Maastricht - unlike the Tories, who have mysteriously discovered the joy of referendums in opposition - but not on Lisbon. This places us on a side of the argument which should make all liberals nervous: that this isnt the right issue on which to allow the public to have their say.

2. why the Lib Dems allowed our MPs a free vote on Maastricht but not on Lisbon. It is perfectly reasonable for our MPs to conclude that - if they promised in their election manifesto to support a Euro Treaty referendum - they should now stand by the closest they can get to that pledge.

Three Lib Dems quit front bench over Lisbon Treaty referendum | Liberal Democrat Voice