Conservative MEP Dan Hannan has been speaking at a public meeting in Claygate this weekend.
He made a compelling case for Britain leaving the European Union if the next Conservative government's renegotiations do not produce an acceptable deal.
Dan said the reason most commonly quoted for staying in the EU is trade. Yet no-one in Brussels expects trade to be affected at all if we leave. Britain is the EU's biggest market with the US and Japan second and third - and Britain buys more from the EU than both of them together. The EU has free trade agreements with many countries. Why would they not want one with their biggest customer?
Dan set out a vision of a confident and independent Britain, trading freely with Europe and the rest of the world, and making its own trade deals in fast-growing emerging markets all over the world. He gave Eurosceptics two good reasons for voting Conservative in the Euro-elections.
First, EU leaders know they will be negotiating with David Cameron, not Nigel Farage. They will look to see what support Cameron has for his approach - can they afford to ignore him, and wait for Milliband? Secondly, the Conservative Party has come a long way in a Eurosceptic direction since the last Euro-election. Is this something that Eurosceptics should reward or punish?
Dan Hannan is standing for re-election as a Conservative MEP for the South East region at the May 22 elections.