As the Ins and the Outs launch their arguments on the public,both have weaknesses to overcomeIt is scarce that this can be said: we already know what is certain to be the definitive event of this parliament. I suppose I ought to insert a weaselly, behind-covering qualifier and caveat to that certain, and such is the capacity of politics to throw surprises at us. But it will have to be a very astronomical surprise indeed to trump the significance of the referendum on membership of the European Union. On it hangs Britain’s plot in the world and David Cameron’s plot in history.
If it goes the way he would like it to go,he will trot into the sunset as the prime minister who finally resolved the European Question that has bedevilled our politics and torn apart the Tory party for so many decades. If it goes awry, he will be the prime minister who bungled his way into Brexit, and an outcome he did not want and one that would most likely be accompanied by his enforced ejection from Number 10 rather than the smooth retirement and handover to George Osborne that he currently plans.
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Source: theguardian.com