A UKIP victory in these elections will send out the strongest possible signal to Brussels that public consent for British EU membership is not merely wafer thin, but virtually non-existent. If you are one of those who think there is a real prospect of Angela Merkel and the rest making significant concessions (and I must make it clear that I am not) then why not ensure a UKIP victory in order to increase the leverage available to the British negotiating team?
The truth is that David Cameron and his gang sold-out conservatism and bought into Blairism at exactly the wrong time just before all the underlying weaknesses in the New Labour project brought it crashing down.