I am serious! Which of you voted for David Cameron and the Conservative Party at the last elections? The man is an idiot, a liar, and a sneaky snake.

The latest gem is described in this BBC report. In it he says that he is prepared to wait until after the British referendum on EU membership before renegotiating the EU treaty.

Leaving aside the small matter of it being a good idea to find out what the British people think before taking any action, his detailed statement is totally nonsensical. He said he wants "irreversible" and "legally binding" guarantees that EU law will be changed at some point in the future. He seems to think that we have all forgotten the main reason why the EU treaty needs renegotiation: that every member has a right to veto any decision, which mean that no-one is in any position to give "irreversible" and "legally binding" guarantees about any matter.

I am guessing that his game-plan is to be able to declare that the EU were not willing to comply with his small and perfectly reasonable request for guarantees, so that he can get unreasonable in the way he deals with them.

I am generally horrified with how the whole EU membership/treaty issue has been dealt with by the Conservative Party. At the last election, all the main parties worked hard to de-emphasise the EU issue, to ensure that it wasn't the basis of people's voting choice. Then, just after the election, the Chancellor George Osborne said the new Conservative government had a "very clear mandate" to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the European Union, as described in this BBC story. I don't think so, Mr. Osborne and Mr. Cameron; you have a clear mandate to get a mandate, and nothing more.

As a Brit living in continental Europe, mostly travelling and working in the Euro-zone, I find it hard to understand how British people do not see the benefits of full and committed EU and Euro membership. I have more than a kilogram of change from many countries, from my pre-Euro business travelling, all of which is now dead money; most of those problems are now things of the past. The free movement of labour in Europe also has direct impact on my work life; if Britain leaves the EU, or radically alters their terms of membership, I may have no choice but to change my citizenship (thank you so much!).

One of Britain's biggest industries is financial services, and that industry is competing in Europe with one hand tied behind their back, because Britain is not in the Euro.

Time to wake up and smell the roses!