So, to explain to people that may not be knowledgeable about this.
There are two groups. Vote Leave and Grassroots out.
Grassroots out contains several people including Nigel Farage (UKIP) (possibly others), David Davis and other Conservative MP's (David Davis is influential, he was the leader of the Conservative rebellion against Major in 1992, which concerned the EU then), Katy Hoey, Labour Leave, and George Galloway, someone who characterises many of the problems on the conspiracy side that are close to how the hard left see the world.
Vote Leave contains: UKIP MP's such as Suzanne Evans and Douglas Carswell, who characterise a kind of inner UKIP rebellion against the leader Nigel Farage, who is beloved by UKIP supporters; and the new 6 Conservative MP's who have joined the group.
The important thing to do with these competing 'leave' groups is that one of these will be designated as the official 'leave' group. The winner will gain campaign funding of £7 million whereas the runner up will be limited to spending £700,000
Vote Leave apparently does every single one of their actions with this in mind. They also don't really have the peoples freedom in mind having suggested a system whereby there are two votes to get out of the EU, one to vote out, then bargaining before a second vote. They refuse to discuss immigration and are really restricted to the corridors of Westminster, not really connected to the real people of the United Kingdom
Grassroots Out on the other hand is made up of people that believe in freedom and prioritise the people over the establishment (That people like Douglas Carswell certainly DO NOT do.)
I would vastly prefer Grassroots out and am suspicious of the motives of the Conservative MP's that are campaigning against David Cameron but joining 'Vote leave'. Thereby weakening the real players in this regard... 'Grassroots out'. Will the officiality of the MP's involved with Vote Leave sway the electoral commission? Or will the large sway of both the left and the right be more important/
When I imagined the Conservative MP's campaigning for 'leave' before, I imagined them branching out on their own and independently producing loads of information I would then absorb (Like David Davis' fantastic speech on the EU on his website, that includes economic arguments). However, I find it more difficult to respect the globulous mass of MP's who seem afraid to stand on their own feet and are sheltered together in 'Vote Leave'.
Another two things about this EU referendum, called for June 23rd. Is 1) the EU has a lot more funding, and this will be interesting in forcing those not bothered about the referendum to look at it; and 2) Greece voted to leave and their leaders simply signed them up to stay, with even worse conditions.
So it's all to play for!
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