One of the ironies of 10 years of such a pro EU PM as Blair is the way his tenure has encouraged many more people to listen to the arguments of Better Off Out.

At regular intervals Blair said he would conduct a great debate, to tell people the advantages of membership of the EU. Each time he failed to turn up for the debate, and failed to marshall arguments in favour of his vision of ever closer union.

Meanwhile, Better off out has got across the large deficit on trade account the UK has consistently run with the rest of the EU. It has highlighted the large gross contribution to EU funds we make, made worse by Blair’s dreadful budget deal for the future. It has underlined how much costly regulation now comes from Brussels. Above all, it has shown how undemocratic the process has been, with no referendum allied to the balkanisation of England into unloved unelected regional government areas.

We badly need a referendum on the latest attempt to hijack our constitution and transfer yet more power.

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