LAST week at his party conference closing speech in Manchester, David Cameron called the European Union "too big, too bossy and too interfering" and promised to fight "so hard" for a better deal for Britain when it comes to his renegotiation with Brussels.

This fighting talk by the prime minister didn’t appear to last very long. By the weekend his underwhelming four point plan on renegotiation was announced.

With no mention of opting out of freedom of movement of people, nothing on migrant benefits changes and no word on opting out of a common asylum policy it leads me to one of two conclusions.

Either, Cameron’s whistle-stop tour of EU leaders following the General Election in May ended in abject failure, or he has decided to set the bar so low that he can come away from renegotiation under the con of winning something back from Brussels.

EU leaders are likely to accept these so called ‘red lines’ as they offer no real long-term threat to European Unity. Nevertheless, EU leaders are likely to simply ignore these demands once a referendum is out of the way.

Freedom of movement, especially with the current migration crisis under way is a crucial factor of our EU membership. Polling carried out last week showed that nearly six in 10 Britons wanted freedom of movement within the EU restricted.

If the prime minister fails to fight for changing the rules of freedom of movement, his red lines will increasingly appear as nothing more than a few translucent dots on a scrap of paper.

Yours faithfully Paul Nuttall Ukip North West MEP and deputy party leader