Britain is becoming more pro-EU , says ex-Tory PM John Major as Lib Dem Vince Cable warns in-out vote is 'dangerous'
Sir John insisted Ukip's enthusiasm for leaving the EU is not shared by the majority of people and warned that if the UK severs ties with Brussels it will 'lose some of its influence and power'. Mail.
I cannot recall the last time I met a genuine europhile outside the 'usual suspect' class. Mind you, I see where Cable is coming from, though - democracy IS dangerous. Embrace that danger! Incidentally - what is this in The Express, John?
The biggest vote on this country’s ties to Brussels for 40 years saw 80 per cent say they no longer want to be in Europe, the Daily Express can reveal.
It marks a huge leap forward in this newspaper’s crusade to get Britain out of the EU.
Some 14,581 people voted – 11,706 of them want the UK to quit compared with 2,725 who want to remain part of the EU.
The mini-referendum – the first on the issue since 1975 – was organised by two senior Tory backbenchers and a prospective Tory MP.
They believe the overwhelming result, which will be presented to David Cameron today, will force him to bring forward his planned in-or-out vote on the UK’s future in Europe to next year instead of 2017.
The landslide result heaps further pressure on the Prime Minister to act as it comes just days after European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker compared British membership of the EU to a doomed romance and suggested it was time for Britain to get a divorce.
The Tory poll was organised across three neighbouring parliamentary constituencies by Peter Bone, MP for Wellingborough, Philip Hollobone, MP for Kettering, and Tom Pursglove, who is standing as Tory candidate for Corby and East Northamptonshire at this year’s general election. Express.
