But the lack of genuine change does create a dilemma for a number of Conservative MPs. Over the past two years, many Tories have taken to telling supporters, not least their local Associations, that “if the referendum were tomorrow, I’d vote to leave”. Well, it’s now clear that, though the referendum won’t literally be tomorrow, it will be as soon as practicable, and the terms will be the same as if it were immediate. Britain will still be a full member of the EU, subject to the same common policies as now in farming, fishing, foreign affairs, employment, energy, criminal justice and the rest. We will still relinquish our seat on the World Trade Organisation to the EU. We will still, as the Foreign Secretary confirmed over the weekend, accept that EU rules have legal primacy over Parliament.