andypandy
While some in the Conservative party care nothing for national sovereignty many care a great about it (Unfortunately they are not in positions of power). While I am all too aware of the damge that the Conservative party has done in terms of taking us deeper into Europe I do not believe that I was unreasonable in thinking that the party could slowly be pushed into a more and more eurosceptic position and I certainly don't think it was more unreasonable than the belief that UKIP could have elected a substantial number of MP's at last years general election.
Futhermore I am not using "loss of national freedom" as an excuse. I simply think that David Cameron's election as leader reduces the chances of the tories ever taking a truly anti-EU position to such a level that it is no longer worth fighting for.
Finally I find your attitude rather counter productive. There are thousands of tory members and millions of tory voters who still believe that their euroscepticism is best served by the tory party. These people form a large part of UKIP's target audiance. Lecturing them over their past affiliations doesn't strike me as a good idea (the same with former labour voters).
Britannist
Thanks
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