Daily Express - TWO OUT OF THREE TORIES WANT UK TO BREAK TIES WITH BRUSSELS

David Cameron faces intense pressure over European policy from the Tory grassroots

Monday October 3,2011

By Macer Hall

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MORE than two thirds of Tory voters want Britain to quit the European Union immediately, a poll revealed last night.

A massive 68 per cent of people who backed the Conservatives at the 2010 General Election would vote to break ties with Brussels if a referendum on the issue was held tomorrow.

Nearly three out of four Tory voters want the Government to organise a national referendum on the UK’s EU membership as soon as possible. And 62 per cent of all voters believe the time is right for an EU referendum.

The poll findings – released as the Conservative Party Conference opened in Manchester – confirmed the intense pressure David Cameron faces over European policy from the Tory grassroots.

The research was carried out by leading opinion poll firm YouGov for the Vote UK out of EU Campaign, which wants a referendum to be held as the first step towards a British exit.

Jon Gaunt, chief executive of the Vote UK out of EU Campaign, said: “Cameron should now do the honourable thing and give the British people their democratic right.” According to the research, 50 per cent of voters thought Britain’s membership of the EU and its predecessors – the Common Market, EEC and European Community – had been “totally negative” for the UK.

David Cameron faces intense pressure over European policy from the Tory grassroots

In contrast, just 29 per cent thought is had been “totally positive”. YouGov quizzed 2,754 in an internet poll last week.

Laurence Janta-Lipinski, senior political researcher with YouGov, said: “The results clearly show that the nation wants its voice heard on membership of the EU.

“A majority of Tory, Labour and Lib Dem voters believe their party should call for a referendum.”

And laughably Mr Cameron still insists that the British people don't want a referendum, come on Dave you can't honestly believe that! Your a fool if you think the British public will be fobbed off by this kind of desperate rhetoric.