It’s eurosceptic party-time in Westminster today. Finally, the time has come for the Conservatives to show that they are the only ones who will #letbritaindecide. When I arrived in Parliament this morning, I was half-expecting a brass band and bunting to celebrate the momentous occasion of the second reading of James Wharton’s Private Member’s Bill, so excited are Tory MPs. But instead, CCHQ has placed digital posters at a number of sites across London, including the Vauxhall roundabout.
You could be forgiven for thinking that the general election is this year, not 2015.
The Bill is highly likely to pass its second reading, and the chances are that the Tories will press for a division just to make the point that only they are backing the right of the British people to have a say on Europe.
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