The opportunism of Cameron's Conservatives is there for all to see. After being one of the many issues that David Cameron has been extremely keen for his Party to avoid, the attacks on Nick Clegg's euro-federalist position have begun.
The Tories are well within their rights to point Clegg out as a massive euro-enthusiast. Yet it is the sheer nature of the Tories bringing up the issue when it suits them, beating Clegg with a quick "eurosceptic" slap and at the same time being reluctant to talk about this vital issue when it doesn't suit them. This is out and out opportunism, not an attack on Clegg driven by a principled stance on the issue.
The televised debate tonight will see the EU issue come up and no doubt Cameron will try and push himself as the natural choice for Britain's eurosceptic public. As I said yesterday, Clegg's in or out referendum pledge on EU membership will do more to placate many thinking of voting Tory or UKIP than Cameron's ruling out of any EU referendum for five years.
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What rank hypocrisy. Strangely I have already submitted a question to SKY essentially asking Clegg to deliver an IN/Out vote within months of coming to power.
I am sure many Eurosceptics would vote LibDems if this was publicly stated.
His wishy washy comments in the Telegraph however tend to suggests he's as much likely to that as either of the others, not forgetting of course the Greens.
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