Originally Posted by Tim Cullis

Well you're obviously angry, but some of what you write doesn't follow through. Cameron got where he is firstly by being elected as an MP by his constituents, and secondly being elected as PM by the Conservative MPs. Does he have power? Well a good chairman gets action by pulling a board of directors together and any PM who went and did his own thing without the backing of the cabinet wouldn't last very long.

Yes, UKIP and SNP got about the same number of votes yet the SNP got 50 MPs and UKIP got one. It's the way our rather flawed 'first past the post' system works, however in 2011 the UK population decided to continue with that system rather than the 'alternative vote' method. Deciding things in this manner is democracy even though you may not agree with the outcome.

Many in the Conservative Party have been lukewarm about Europe for decades, the decision to put the referendum in the Conservative manifesto was to placate those MPs, not because of some press pressure.


I agree with your first sentence. Most voters haven't bothered to do any research of their own and yes, their opinion will be shaped by a handful of people. This worries me.

On the other hand, do you really trust Cameron, Osborne, et al to portray the facts? For me the IN campaign is about FUD.