I have listened to various Prime Ministers, European Affairs Ministers and Foreign Ministers at the Forum for Europe. The single word that repeatedly crops up, as it did again today with the Finnish Prime Minister, is "influence". In this context it refers to being part of the process, at the centre of the negotiations and being able to influence the direction of Europe – not on the margins. That is the key message the electorate needs to hear over and over again. Do we wish to throw away all that has happened over the last 30 years in a fit of pique about the Government's programme?