That "Appalling" Demand

The "unexpected" demand for an extra 2 Billion Euros has certainly caught the attention but is it a threat to the Conservatives or an opportunity?  So far, it seems, the BBC and Channel 4 have defined success as how much of the bill David Cameron can claw back.  In other words, he is on a hiding to nothing.  Labour say, smugly, that he should have seen it coming.  UKIP, on the other hand, can rightly claim, that only a European exit can stop this nonsense in the future.  Meantime, they will be the beneficiaries of the public indignation, it will propel them to victory in the forthcoming by-election and who knows where in the General Election - certainly far enough to undermine and remaining Conservative hope of being the largest party.  Against this tide, for it seems inexorable, it would vain to argue.  What is needed, urgently, is a game-changing policy initiative that, in the short term, shoots the UKIP fox and, longer term, provides the reassurance that Conservatives are the safe pair of hands when it comes to Europe.  Easier said than done, I think, but what should we do?  The longer we sit on our hands, the greater the political momentum that UKIP will acquire.