But what happens if the EU responds with a flat NO - which I deeply hope it would do? What then? A referendum on withdrawal? Does Dave really want to go there? The Lisbon Treaty, for the first time, makes explicit provision for a member leaving. The Tories could simply be shown the door. And then Scotland might vote for independence to remain inside. And N. Ireland deeply destabilise. A truly "appalling vista" beckons in the context of impending Sterling and financial collapse.
The Boy Cameron is going to have to grow up. The UK can't survive a Blair II. notes from no w here
Also see the discussion in the salon, where ceebs states that a 5% shift (a more likely number) of Tory voters towards the UKIP could bring a hung parliament.
So we have every reason to egg on real eurosceptics to vote UKIP. It's a low-risk, high reward strategy.
Hear hear.
But then, we also know that our malevolent dictator (for those who don't know, I am French) has an electoral reform going on that will get France back to the middle ages. "Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. - Galbraith"