http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9806027/David-Cameron-critics-too-hung-up-on-process-of-Europe-reforms.html
Cameron continues to adopt his suicidal approach to Europe despite opposition from American democrats, his own Economy advisers and experienced British ambassadors.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jan/15/david-cameron-warned-opportunism-europe?INTCMP=SRCH
The effects that this is likely to have on British relations with essential European trading partners and politicians is bad enough. However, the Conservative rhetoric is also sickeningly hypocritical and poorly defined.
Cameron rejects the assertion that his prickly policy will damage the economy and yet he pushes any referendum back to beyond the next election. Hopefully by then he will be out of the driving seat anyway but this convenient delay simply illustrates his desires to pander to Eurosceptics without admitting the consequences of his brinksmanship.
Further he is clearly keeping an eye on the headlines. "If you want to
stay out of the single currency you vote Conservative, if you want to go
into the single currency you vote Labour, if you want to give power to
Brussels, you vote Labour." he pontificates, like a chubby-faced Nigel Farange.
This is lunacy and flies against all the facts. What Labour did was acknowledge economic necessity and political common sense by avoiding antagonising our closest and most important allies in Europe. They had thirteen years to adopt the Euro if they had so desired and showed no inclination to do so. Only a struggling prime minister in a detested coalition would resort to such ineffectual tactics and bare faced lies.
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