Sentences with phrase «europhile wing»

Mr Cameron also comes under fire from the party's Europhile wing.

Despite being on the Europhile wing of the party he gets on very well with the Eurosceptic wing of the party and led the delegation of MEPs well.

Not exact matches

Just as the Europhile Kenneth Clarke and Eurosceptic John Redwood formed an axis in 1997 in a (doomed) attempt to deny William Hague the Tory leadership, so in 2008 there is bizarre talk of an insurgent alliance of neo-Blairites and the left - wing Compass group.

But the inexperienced Europhile Alexander, unlike Laws, has little credibility in the eyes of restless, right - wing Tory backbenchers.