Why We Won't Get A Vote - Again!

Only a third of Britons would vote to stay in the European Union in a proposed referendum, a poll showed on Monday, underlining the scale of Prime Minister David Cameron's task in persuading voters to back his flagship EU policy.

In one of the biggest gambles of his premiership, Cameron promised last month to win back powers from Brussels and hold a vote on Britain's 40-year EU membership.

Cameron would campaign to stay in the EU, provided he can reform Britain's ties with Brussels in the face of opposition from European allies and he secures a second term in an election due in 2015.

Just 33 percent of voters would support his call to remain in the bloc, with 50 percent wanting to leave and 17 percent not planning to vote, according to the Harris Interactive poll in the Financial Times.

On the old political principal to never have a referendum when the vote is going to go against you, the politicos are going to cook up an excuse to go back on their promises. So many past promises, so much hot air. And they wonder why the public is disillusioned with political parties! Political manifestos - no wonder no one ever gives them the time of day!

But at least we know how the Tories and the LD's say they stand. How does the Laurel and Hardy act on Labour's front bench stand? Seems to depend on which day you ask them, or which fag packet they are reading off the back of.