Tories struggle to make Europe the battleground.

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nless William Hague manages to persuade the country at the 11th hour that this general election really is a referendum on the euro, the Europe issue will not decide who is the next prime minister. All surveys of the electorate's preoccupations show health and education far outranking Europe. So it looks like the dividing issue will be the choice between taxation and spending - who the public decides to trust to buy the services they want: themselves or Tony Blair.

Nevertheless, many senior politicians seem more preoccupied with the coming battle over the e