After a row over ministers’ freedom to back the No vote, is David Cameron bungling EU renegotiation? June 8, 2015 Tim Knox, director of the Centre for Policy Studies, says Yes Successful negotiation is based on clarity, conviction and consistency. Sadly, in our renegotiations with the EU, clarity is scarce. Are we talking about an optout from ever-closer union? Or is it just a matter of limiting welfare entitlements? So too is conviction. Who can [...]
London mayor Boris Johnson calls on Cameron to drive through EU reform June 8, 2015 Boris Johnson has called on the Prime Minister to "roar on" in a "full-scale breakout" of EU reform, insisting that David Cameron has the momentum in Europe. The Mayor of London, who was elected as MP for Uxbridge in the General Election, said that Europe did not expect Cameron to win the election. This, he [...]
EU referendum poll: A third of Britons would vote to leave the EU June 8, 2015 A third of Britons have said that, were a referendum held tomorrow, they would vote to leave the European Union. Read more: Will Cameron fail to achieve fundamental reform of Britain's EU membership? A poll by ComRes for the Daily Mail showed 33 per cent would leave, while 51 per cent would vote to remain [...]
EU referendum: 40pc increase in campaign budget limit angers Eurosceptics as Barack Obama again voices support for Yes vote June 8, 2015 David Cameron has angered Eurosceptics with plans to raise the campaign spending limits for the EU referendum by 40 per cent. According to The Times, he amount the “lead” organisation in each campaign will be permitted to spend will hit £7m, up from £5m, while the total for each campaign would be £35m, up from [...]
EU referendum: Who are the cabinet ministers most likely to campaign to leave Europe? June 8, 2015 David Cameron is facing a split in his party as he attempts to renegotiate Britain's relationship with the European Union. With a slim majority in the House of Commons, and a referendum battle to face after his negotiations, he may face future rebellion in his own cabinet over the EU. Some 50 Tory MPs have [...]
EU referendum: Is the UK the most Eurosceptic country in Europe and where can David Cameron find support for reform? June 8, 2015 The UK’s position in Europe is looking ever more tenuous, as the UK gears up for an EU referendum before the end of 2017. Greece is currently flirting with an exit and sentiment across the continent has been affected by the crisis, while the UK is famously divided on the issue. So is the UK [...]
Tory MP Steve Baker tells City workers to back Eurosceptic campaign June 7, 2015 A leading Eurosceptic MP is urging City workers to put their names to a campaign pushing for radical reforms of Britain’s relationship with Brussels. Steve Baker, the Conservative MP for Wycombe who yesterday said that he would lead a new anti-EU group called Conservatives for Britain, told City A.M. that British businesses should be sceptical [...]
Will David Cameron fail to achieve fundamental reform of Britain’s EU membership terms? June 7, 2015 Brian Monteith, communications director of Global Britain, says Yes. When one considers the term “fundamental”, one might think that it would include leaving the Common Agricultural and Fisheries policies that increase the cost of food to British consumers and deliver poverty to third world countries. Or we might think it would include reducing the UK’s [...]
G7 summit: US President Barack Obama makes clear he wants UK to stay in EU June 7, 2015 President Barack Obama said earlier today the US has “no closer partner around the world” than the UK, but made it clear he wants the Britain to remain part of the EU. He made the comment at the start of the annual G7 conference in Bavaria, during bilateral talks with Prime Minister David Cameron. [...]
EU referendum: Foreign secretary Philip Hammond thinks EU will say no to new Conservative demand June 7, 2015 One of the key demands made by a Eurosceptic Conservative group won't be accepted by the EU, Philip Hammond has warned. The foreign secretary said a call for Westminster to be sovereign over EU law was “not achievable”, and that a "unilateral red card veto" for the UK would "effectively be the end" of the [...]