David Cameron took the leadership of the Conservatives saying that there would be no more time wasted 'banging on about Europe'. This week, he appears to have painted himself into a political corner and is left doing just that. His major speech on Friday is the backdrop for a week in which party leaders Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband also laid out their stances on Europe.
Joining Tom Clark this week to discuss this: columnists Martin Kettle and Gaby Hinsliff, plus the director of the new thinktank British Future, Sunder Katwala.
Also on the agenda this week: The State of the Nation. A new report suggests that nearly 60% of Brits think of themselves as working class, and their top concern is immigration.
Plus: we hear from the Guardian's Ireland correspondent Henry McDonald on the continuing disturbances in Belfast that began with a decision to limit the flying of the union flag over the town hall to 18 designated days.
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