Mr Cameron ended months of speculation by announcing in a speech in London on 24 January 2013 that the "in-out" referendum would be held between 2015 and the end of 2017.
However, he said he will campaign "with all my heart and soul" for Britain to stay in the EU when the referendum comes.
Both Labour and Liberal Democrats have been against this idea of in or out as a one way ticket.
As a recent second year student of economics at the Open University, I learnt that the 17 Eurozone countries per capital PPP average income of US$35,000 per annum was the same as UK’s in 2010 and 2011.
The above decision by David Cameron to make that speech and make that promise to the British public was his biggest political mistake since he became an MP in 2001 for the first time. It was a mixed message.
If he now admits it was a mistake and that he would not hold any such referendum even if he was elected to be Prime Minister in May 2015 with a majority government, he will stand a better chance of winning in the next General Election outright.
A club 17 nations with a population of 313 million has the same skills and knowledge as UK. Do not leave this club.
Nagindas Khajuria
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