It definitely plays into the hands of the anti-EU brigade. Their whole spiel is that the EU is a bullying, un-democratic bureaucracy. The last few weeks have ma

It definitely plays into the hands of the anti-EU brigade. Their whole spiel is that the EU is a bullying, un-democratic bureaucracy. The last few weeks have made it kind of hard to make the argument that it's a warm and fuzzy family of equals. Whether or not it'll have much of an effect on the vote, I'm not so sure. I doubt if many British identify with the Greek situation (in the sense that it could happen here, there's definitely a lot of empathy about). It's definitely seen as a consequence of the Euro (which we aren't part of) rather than the EU (which we are). My guess is that it's likely to have hardened those who were already in the pro/anti camps and confused those who are undecided. Possibly of more practical effect will be whether it makes the likes of Germany etc more inclined to negotiate the EU T&Cs with the UK prior to the referendum. The UK government want more flexibility in the arrangements. I can see political arguments both for giving a bit of slack so that the EU definitely stays together and for the Eurozone saying that it's flexibility that got them into their current mess.