I very much agree with your analysis of the Tory motion in the House of Commons for a referendum on Britain’s membership in the European Union (“While Rome Burns,” October 29, 2011). Although the motion was prompted by petitions signed by a hundred-thousand people, it was far from a serious threat to the status quo. However, it exposed not only the extent of Tory Euroscepticism, but also the government’s lack of a “meaningful” European strategy. Indeed. I would only add that such a strategy should be buttressed by equally meaningful tactics and logistics, too. Most important, a contingency plan is needed on what to do if and when the euro collapses. As well as if and when the Union itself dissolves. If the Union itself has failed to consider such possibilities in its key documents, this does not mean that responsible governments should fail to consider them in turn. A Tory Euroscepticism worth its name would help the government with such fraught concerns. A referendum on Britain’s place in the Union can always wait.