The British Conservative Party doesn't support leaving, yes a majority of it members may support it, but the Party doesn't. It should tell you something that none of the major British parties support leaving EU, even through clearly a majority of the British population do support it. Simply put they don't adopt a popular policy supported by a majority of the population, which could very well lead them to victory. That they don't adopt that policy, either mean that the Evil Eurocrats has bribed the entire British political establishment or that they think such a policy would be disasterous.
Valdemar II
Aren't you making the assumptions that a corrupt and hide-bound [I'm not just talking about their views on the EU here!] political establishment is a) wise and b) responsible?
Seriously there are plenty of cases in history where a ruling elite refuses to accept changes because they would be 'disastrous' when actually rejecting those changes means they end up being overtaken by other societies that do make changes.
Steve