Should We Stay Or Should We Go? The Big EU Question

If the Conservatives win the next general election, David Cameron has promised to renegotiate the terms of the UK's membership within the EU.  After which (and by the end of 2017 at the latest), he will offer the British public an "in/out" referendum to choose whether to stay in the EU on the renegotiated terms or withdraw completely.

Cameron's stated aim is for "the British people to have their say....to settle this European question in British politics".  Although there has been much debate as to whether the true purpose behind this referendum pledge is to placate Cameron's backbench MPs and obtain electoral gains from UKIP.  Regardless of the politics driving the referendum pledge, any renegotiation, or if the UK does end up leaving the EU, could lead to huge implications for UK employment law, employees and employers.  Unions warn that Cameron will seek to weaken employee rights.