Yes i agree that most Lib Dem voters would probably disown the Europhile leadership if they were political enough to be concerned. The LD's position of the EU is hardly a secret so, apart from the pro-EU voter, most just turn a blind eye. Essentially a Lib Dem voter is opting for a safe/respectable 'alternative' to the 'Big Two' (as apart from the less respectable/more radical UKIP, BNP, Greens etc). The impact of the Lisbon Treaty however given the media interest, the anti-Treaty campaign and Clegg's suicidal position may very well hurt them in the next GE.
My main and earlier point though was to help explain why the party has developed into the slavishly pro-EU party it is today, it certainly wasn't an overnight conversion.
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