Over the last thirty years the main European story that the media have focused on is Tory splits. I remember well the Maastricht divisions and the votes in the House of Commons back in 1993. At the time I was just setting up my own business but my private secret was that I was a paid up member of the Anti-Federalist League (and there really weren’t many of us!) At the third reading of Maastricht, twenty-six Conservative Members of Parliament opposed the government with seven abstentions. It was seen to be one of the biggest historical splits in the Conservative Party and comparisons were drawn with the great debates about the corn laws in the 1840s. As it was, John Major used a motion of confidence to get the treaty through, but there is no question that the European Union (EU) split dogged, perhaps even ruined, the rest of his premiership. I had wondered with the referendum coming in June just how many Tories would defy the Prime Minister. I can scarcely believe that the number appears to be around 140 Tory MPs who are supporting leaving the EU. I really couldn’t be more pleased, and I know that the