A Statement from our Vice-Chairman on the renegotiations

Donald Tusk’s proposals for changes to the EU following David Cameron’s negotiations have now been released.

Anthony Scholefield, Treasurer of the forty-year-old Campaign for an Independent Britain commented:

“Cameron’s proposals have  been widely ridiculed. All he has done is to confirm the basic principle of the CIB. The European Union is unreformable because it insists on retaining a supranational authority which is incompatible with a free democracy.

“What is encouraging is that David Cameron has fired his biggest weapon, his prestige as Prime Minister, and completely wasted his opportunity to gain support among the undecided.

“I doubt that this announcement will gain Cameron a single vote. Polling last night at Sky News and in the Independent show it has been rejected by over two to one.

“The referendum is all to play for if the Leave side come out with a clear aim and a clear plan to achieve it.

“The lack of a clear aim and a clear exit plan determined the defeat of the Yes side in the Scottiish referendum.

By contrast, the Campaign for an Independent Britain has that clear aim and clear plan”‘