改变的是英国的国内政治：首相太弱，镇不住下议院约100人的反欧洲议员（称之为“茶话会 ” （ High Tea Party ） ） ，而保守党政府还担心英国独立党的崛起，这会导致保守党失去右翼选票，让工党在大选中占先。
What has changed is Britain’s domestic politics: a prime minister too weak to control his roughly 100 anti-European backbenchers (call them the “High Tea Party”) in the House of Commons, and a Conservative establishment wary of the UK Independence Party’s rise, which could cost the Tories enough votes on the right to give Labour an electoral advantage.