[Margaret Pilkington]

The offer of a referendum by DC is a myth.......it is a ploy to gain votes.......and we have seen that before...it is just a sop to public opinion. DC has never ever said he can see the UK out of the EU...or that he wants us out of the EU...in fact quite the opposite. He has frequently said that he sees the UK in Europe.
And don't you think that weakens his bargaining power with the EU(not that I think any of the current set up have the collective brains to get us out, but that is beside the point).......No wonder Angela Merkel says she is willing to consider any proposals put forward(with regard to repatriation of powers)...she knows it will come to nothing because it will be written in such convoluted language that even a philadelphia lawyer would be tied in knots.

I feel so jaundiced about politics...so cynical and distrustful. It is going to take some kind of miracle for me to believe any of the parties.

It just seems that we have no power over our future. The power of the ballot box is impotent, if those you elect do not take seriously the concerns of the electorate.