Fellow Eurosceptics, I find, underestimate this. Noticing some encouraging signs in opinion polls, they keep telling me that they are on course to win. Tory ones, in particular, are so irritated by Mr Cameron that they underrate his electoral power. If your sane, moderate, experienced Prime Minister tells you that this is the best deal for Britain, you have to be pretty clear-minded and knowledgeable to feel sure he is wrong. Indeed, the whole idea of a “deal” is one that plays into the elites’ hands. If you ask people, “Do you want Britain to be a self-governing democracy?” most will say yes, and therefore vote to leave. If you ask them, “Do you agree with the terms Mr Cameron has won for us in Brussels?”, they will tend to defer to his superior knowledge, and vote to stay.