If there were a UK referendum on Maastricht?

I don't know the full details of the Maastrict Rebellion, but could the rebel MPs have forced a referendum on the treaty?

And how would a Maastricht referendum have played out in the UK? Would it have gone any better than the 2016 EU referendum?

And what would the after-effects be? If Major or an alternative Europhile Tory PM campaigns (and wins) a "yes" vote on Maastricht, do the Tories as a whole avoid becoming so Euroskeptic? Would this take the bite out of Euroskepticism in the long run or have no effect?
 
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