No one talking about EU as Blair sets election date

Tony Blair has officially set May 5 as the date for the next general election in the UK.  Unlike in past years, the EU is taking a back seat in this election because no one wants to talk about it.  Labour's promise to hold future referenda on the euro and the Constitution and the upcoming French vote on the Constitution have removed Europe from the short-term agenda.  Instead, health, education, and the Iraq war are the big issues in voters'minds.  The Conservatives are unwilling to try to change this by putting Europe into bigger play having lost badly in 2001 on a heavily euro centered platfrom that went no where after Blair promised a referendum.  The Liberal Democrats, the most pro-European party, are focused on their position as the only party to oppose the unpopular war in Iraq and have no reason to talk about Europe either.