European Affairs

The hon. Gentleman was watching it on television, was he? That's all right then. One of the great things about the Conservative party under the leadership of my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney is that there is a wide variety of views, but the policy is settled and we all know where we are going. I am not criticised for saying that we should come out of this rotten thing called the European Union; I am not hauled into the Whips Office for saying that, but I know that our policy at the next general election will be to bring back power to this country, and that the reverse salami-slicing principle works. If we start bringing power back—if the EU will let power come back—slice by slice, we will bring more and more power back to this country.