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Cameron's Eurosceptic wing will damage his government | Jackie Ashley

Source: guardian.co.uk Politics

Nov 08, 2009

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Tories will suffer for their referendum divisions. But because of Labour's lack of confidence this will be after the election

So Europe is back. Like a zombie flesh-eater in another movie remake, issues of national sovereignty and the popular will are marching across the political landscape, leaving marks on the major parties. The Conservative U-turn on a referendum is a big moment; but the possible appointment of David Miliband as the new foreign minister for the EU would also shake panicky Labour. Both parties seem weakened by events.

Let's take the Tories first. David Cameron's team are apparently congratulating themselves that the U-turn has not caused the cataclysmic political fallout they feared. This good cheer may be premature. It is true that at Westminster, and among the relevant media commentators, reaction has been muted. There is such hostility to Labour on the right of politics that pundits don't want to rock the boat until after the election, while most people understand that Cameron would find it hard to hold a referendum once the treaty was sig

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