No Wins By Default
The No forces won by default. The clincher came last week when Chancellor Gordon Brown said he wouldn’t look again at the merits of British membership for at least another year. Factor in the prospect of a general election, and no referendum seems possible before 2008. Even the rival Britain in Europe campaign calls prospects for a referendum “vanishingly slim” and plans new tactics. Says the group’s chief economist, Philip Legrain: “We will be focusing on making the case for Europe in general....