The Tory Eurosceptics' childish attempts to undermine David Cameron are beyond comprehension And this is the crux of the current problem in that disputatious party: it's not really about the EU and it's not really about that other alleged bugbear, gay marriage. What is wrong with a significant section of the Conservative Party is that they don't like their leader and they'd rather have someone other than David Cameron at the top. Unfortunately for them there's no one on hand to step into that role - their alleged Messiah, Boris Johnson, is a long way from succeeding - so they content themselves with sniping from the sidelines. Further panicked by the Ukip surge in the recent English local elections, they are thrashing around mindlessly, making a nonsense of not only their leader but also of their country. The British PM is, after all, in Washington for talks with President Obama on strengthening trade links between the USA and the EU. Why would the Americans take him at all seriously when they see the mayhem on Europe that Cameron has left behind amongst his own party? It is as primarily a trading association - and not a political and monetary union - that is at the heart of Cameron's vision for Europe's future, and which will be the basis for his renegotiation efforts if he wins in 2015. From this vantage point, a crucial side issue of the Conservative's current Euro-crisis is that it is revitalising the SNP's attempts to break up Britain. The separatists' campaign has been going nowhere, but now they are making hay over the Tories' divisions over Europe. They are telling the massively pro-Europe business community that an independent Scotland would stay in the EU's single market, while there was a great danger that, thanks to the Tory Eurosceptics, the UK might well pull out. But it is much too much to suggest that those planning to support that Queen's Speech amendment should actually think about important matters like the future of the United Kingdom as presently constituted. They are too busy undermining their Prime Minister.