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    Sid

    Whilst I agree that if DC had spelled out what the Tories would have done to start putting the economy right, more would have voted for him, the same cannot be true of your "Only a few still think the EU is an issue" comment. At the general election 917,832 people voted UKIP and 563,743 voted BNP; by any standards 1.48 million people isn't "only a few" and whilst I accept that not all of these would have voted Tory if the EU issue hadn't been ignored, many would have.

    I can't help but feel that if DC had simply pledged a referendum on continued UK membership of the EU, he'd have received many thousands more votes, many of them in constituencies where the UKIP vote alone would have made the difference between 306 Tory seats and the 326 he needed.

    I just don't see why none of the 'big three' won't pledge such a referendum. Every time the subject comes up, some Europhile will say that a 'No' vote wouldn't win anyway. If that's the case, why doesn't DC put an end to the rumblings by pledging such a referendum? Or is the 'No' vote faction considerably larger than people make out?

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