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    Alexander - I have never seen such complete out-of-touch tripe about the so-called views of the Conservative Party.

    If you knew anything at all you would realise that there is an overwhelming hostility to the EU in the Conservative Party. Evidence - there is plenty but the most obvious has been the failure of Ken Clarke to win the leadership of the Party simply becaise of his pro-EU views.

    Anti-EU feeling IS mainstream in the Party. Sadly the Party in Parliament has had to tone it down in policy due to the coalition with the LibDems. But, nevertheless it is a fact.

    You can see a range of articles, views and Conservative opinions on Europe via this link - some of it is taken us by the ECHR matters and not just the EU. You will find little or nothing there that would gladden the hearts of pro-Europeans.
    http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/europe/

    Here is a link to a recent 'hot' EU issue and agin what you read represent well Conservative attitudes to the EU
    http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2011/01/eu-bill.html

    You might also get a clue about how Conservative think if you read what the new leader of Tory MEPs said
    he is the North East MEP Martin Callanan.... He said during his campaign for the leadership:
    """"""We must stick to our manifesto commitments and never again allow powers and competences to be transferred to Europe without a referendum.
    We must never join the Euro.
    We must continue the fight to not only freeze, but to reduce the budget of the EU. At a time when we are asking people to tighten belts at home, we cannot give away increasing amounts of taxpayers' hard earned cash.
    We must continue to fight against the ludicrous system whereby the entire Parliament, its staff and tonnes of documents are moved from Brussels to Strasbourg once a month at huge cost to the taxpayer."""""

    His election was a welcome demonstration of a Rightward shift in the British Conservative MEPs and he is by a long way the most eurosceptic leader yet of Tory MEPs.

    Finally here is a graphic of a survey that demonstrates how Eurosceptic Conservative members are - it does show a small majority for staying in but that hides a lot of bad feeling towards the EU and represent an ongoing shift towards the build up of pressure to get out.

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