Conservative commentator Tim Montgomerie tells us that Lord Ashcroft warns of indifference among the electorate on the issue of "Europe".
James Morris ("former Miliband speechwriter and... polling and strategy adviser to the Labour Party") cautions that there is no "academic" evidence that positions on Europe decide elections.
However there is plenty of evidence that unrestricted out-of-control immigration is a big issue with the electorate (particularly C2, D and E groups), as Gillian Duffy will confirm.
As leaving the EU will allow the British people to control (or indeed stop if they wish) unrestricted immigration, "Europe" is likely to be a bigger issue than either Lord Ashcroft or James Morris calculate (of course, there are other trade groupings which also facilitate mad levels of population movement, but a Westminster government in full control of the borders will be able to face this down).
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