Eurozone crisis live: Germany drives region deeper into recession Former UK prime minister Sir John Major has been giving a major speech on a Europe referendum, drawing on his own bitter experience leading a party ripped apart by divisions over Europe. He starts by saying he's neither eurosceptic nor europhile, but goes on to sound distinctly europhile. We sell more to North Rhine Westphalia than to India and more to France and Germany than to the whole of the Commonwealth. He backs Cameron's decision to go to a referendum, saying a vote would put the extremes of opinion on Europe to the sidelines. He says: Unless we re-engage in a national debate, things are just going to get worse. There are lots of people who feel the Europe out there is not the Europe they voted for. I don't think you are going to get rid of that. Major also tells David Cameron to ignore MPs "with Conservative heads and Ukip hearts" who cannot be placated with anything less than UK withdrawal. But says he is right to seek renegotiation of powers. Some more key quotes from the speech... The status quo [in the EU] should be changed and can be... with goodwill and tolerance. It is not anti-European to fight for the British national interest but we shouldn't overestimate what can be achieved... If Britain was seen to be in the [EU] driving seat it would revolutionise public opinion. He warns that an EU without Britain could move in the direction of protectionism. He ends by saying the Conservatives should not do a deal with Ukip but should seek to win back the votes of those who are "using Ukip as an output for their frustration, sometimes as a dustbin vote."