What Conservative supporters and indeed the bulk of its MPs want is a referendum on staying in the EU. Mr Cameron disingenuously said we had already had one (in 1975) but that was of course for remaining in the European Community, which, relatively speaking, was fairly harmless.
However Mr Cameron held out the prospect of discussing it in Parliament, by inviting petitions. I discussed this on 8th August, finishing
'Neither of these motions has the faintest chance of success and nor have any of the others. The political class is revolted by the idea of the country being run by popular outcry. But I think Cameron may have made a mistake in raising the hopes of the British people only to dash them.'
(the other motion was for capital punishment)
It now seems that Mr Cameron's sop to the Eurosceptics in his party is to be in favour of the abolition of the Human Rights Act, which at least would be a short step towards Britain becoming a self-governing democracy. Let's see if he delivers: Cameron seems more and more one of the modern political class, slightly disgusted by the idea of the people running the country.
If I were a betting man, I'd put money on him cheating us out of that, too.
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