Make that two Nick

Nick Cohen on attitudes to the European Union:

Britain has three coherent European policies: to leave (Ukip); to go further in (the Liberal Democrats); and to co-operate but remain aloof from full integration (the Major, Blair and Brown administrations). Cameron lacks the courage to choose any of the above and his indecision will produce a crisis.

The co-operate but remain aloof plan simply isn’t viable. While that has indeed been what UK governments have tried to do, we’ve ended up with a series of treaties that simply insist upon ever greater expansion of the powers at Brussels.

That leaves only two coherent strategies. Further in or out altogether. That is the choice that we’re faced with: bumbling along simply won’t work.