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The Tory Right revolt (day 2)

February 1, 2012 9:15 am

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After yesterday’s EU inspired attack on the PM from Philip Davies MP, and some feisty questions from his backbenchers yesterday, Caneron is under renewed attack today, this time from the post boy of the Tory hard right Dan Hannan.

In an article for the Guardian entitled, “David Cameron has allowed Europe to say FU to its people”, Hannan says:

“In one important sense, we are now in a worse position than we were before December. We have set the precedent that, if some integrationist states want to go further but fail to gain the approval of all 27 EU members, they need only sign an intergovernmental accord among themselves and carry on using EU institutions. This, in effect, means that there can never be any more vetoes – ever.”

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  • am305

    He is right, and you can appreciate that from the point of view of a supporter of the EU like myself. The veto last year was a bout of jingoistic nonsence from a Prime Minister who has lost sight of the national interest.

  • David Dee

    Of course our useless, powerless and pantomime PM knew that at the time he waved his Veto (for christmas) because he was frit of 81 backbenchers. These ‘flying by the seat of your pants’ actions just to save his job and then hope, like Micaber, for something to turn up to get him off the hook, has had limited success but it is a policy not exactly gifted with longevity,isit ???

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