THE European Union has been branded an economic "corpse" as more pressure from Conservative backbenchers was piled on David Cameron to hold an in-out referendum on Britain's membership.
The Tory euroscepticism came during a Commons debate when an attempt to pass legislation that would enable the UK to leave the EU failed because it ran out of time.
Conservative backbencher Douglas Carswell said a recent poll found a majority of voters wanted Britain to quit the EU with 51% in favour of leaving and only 34% wanting to stay in.
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