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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates
My personal opinion is that Cameron should hold the In/Out referendum before the next election. If it works and he is re-elected well and good, if Labour still get in they would already be out of the EU and would have to hold another referendum to go back in, but when have an opposition party ever changed what the previous incumbents did
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Have to agree with this ... It's the only sane political move Cameron can make ... An In/Out referendum, held in the near future, with a simple, unambiguous question would, especially if the verdict were "Out", render the UKIP largely irrelevant. At least, they would have to change their name.
I believe the economic consequences would'nt be all that bad. In the long term, being hitched to Europe doesn't seem to be all that rosy a prospect. I also believe that the British voters ... those that think anyway ... would react positively to such a ballsy move.