Bill Cash tells me Cameron will bow to Eurosceptic pressure and call in/out EU referendum in 2014. Can’t believe it myself@BloombergNews
I have to say, I’m rather sceptical. This would, of course, deliver a killer blow to UKIP – especially if voters request to leave. On current polling, that would actually happen. But if the EU continues to get fed up with us then it might leave Cameron with no choice, but to advocate leaving.
No point staying, if we’re not welcomed anymore.
danielfurr
This would, of course, deliver a killer blow to UKIP – especially if voters request to leave
Somehow I don’t think it would deliver a killer blow to UKIP – at least not until the UK is out of the EU. If Cameron were to call an in/out referendum it would likely dissolve the coalition immediately. To avoid very wounding splits in the Tory party I think the leadership might just stay neutral on the issue during the campaign. That would leave the genuinely eurosceptic backbenchers to join UKIP in an “out” campaign, up against the might of the EU funded BBC and most of the rest of the MSM. Sadly the out side is likely to lose due to the weight of scaremongering that will ensue from the “in” side.