Sentences with phrase «from eurosceptic»

David Cameron was keen to minimise any perceived loss of UK sovereignty over energy policy, for fear of further exposure to attacks from the Eurosceptic wing of his Conservative party and Ukip.

They have little interest in Scotland remaining as part of the union and are often from the Eurosceptic wing of the party.

The prime minister rejected calls from Eurosceptic Tories to form a pact with Ukip before next year's general election.

In their second ever national poll, pollsters Survation raised eyebrows by placing Ukip on 11 %, just one point behind the Liberal Democrats and up seven points from the eurosceptic party's showing in their first survey.

Leaders of the EU's 27 member states will negotiate potential treaty changes on December 9th, in a summit which will be the focus of intensive scrutiny from eurosceptic Conservatives.

The data suggests that many older voters will switch away from the eurosceptic party in 2015 with less than three quarters of Ukip voters in the 2014 European elections saying they could see themselves doing the same in a General Election.

The suggestion, which was made today in a report from Eurosceptic think tank Open Europe and a version of which has already been aired by Labour's Rachel Reeves, would mean low - paid workers from EU countries lose an average of # 55 per week.

Cameron will face pressure from Eurosceptic Tories after the success of the UK Independence party.

He claimed David Cameron's Tories were far from eurosceptic and were seeking to prevent such candidates being selected in winnable seats.

But intense pressure from eurosceptic Tory backbenchers and the growing threat from Ukip have forced the Conservative leader to prepare for a major shift in his traditionally balanced approach to the issue.

On the Labour side, rebellious MPs have tended to be from Eurosceptic wings of the party, either from the Socialist Campaign Group wing (e.g. Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell) or from its conservative communitarian wing (e.g. Kate Hoey, Frank Field).

By holding a referendum on the EU they hope to take the EU off the electoral agenda and avoid defections from eurosceptic voters.

This was good for a different reason: genuine pressure faced by the prime minister, who faced question after question from eurosceptic malcontents seated behind him.

The group pressing for an early concession on Cameron's referendum believe that such a move would ease the pressure on them from Eurosceptics in their constituencies and would help them on the doorsteps to deal with anger about EU immigration.

Farage dismissed criticism from Eurosceptics that Ukip is dividing votes on the right and letting in pro-Europeans.

The prime minister served up a new soundbite in response to the allegations from eurosceptics, telling an audience in Ipswich:

Not exact matches

For example, MPs with an agricultural background are less Eurosceptic, as agricultural interests are likely to lose out from Brexit because of a loss of CAP payments and EU migrant labour.

The prime minister was responding to pressure from within the broadly eurosceptic Conservative party.

From the viewpoint of eurosceptics, a negative focus was needed because of specific challenges thrown at them by those in power.

Though Remain were ahead in the vast majority of polls, these examples have fuelled a quiet confidence among Eurosceptics, a sense that they are managing to keep pace despite a fairly constant onslaught of pro-EU interventions from business and political figures.

The unexpected prediction from the deputy prime minister comes amid a storm of activity from Conservative eurosceptics, as the long campaigning season ahead of May's European elections begins in earnest.

In response, David Cameron thus relied on the tried and tested method to use EU referendum commitments in order to decouple European issues from domestic electoral agendas and to defuse the appeal of Eurosceptic challengers.

The best example of this trend is Andrea Leadsom who has gained almost 90 % of her support from leave MPs, including prominent Eurosceptics such as Bill Cash and Andrew Rosindell.

[12] This could either be linked directly to education, meaning that attending Oxbridge gives future MPs a less Eurosceptic worldview; or it could be linked to class, as Oxbridge - educated MPs are more likely to come from privileged backgrounds.

Crucially, in failing to confront his eurosceptic opponents from the beginning, Cameron may well have sown the seeds of his own fate.

The comments, which came as an aside during a case won by the government, triggered outrage among eurosceptics on the Tory backbenches, who said the UK had been tricked into believing it had an opt - out from the convention when Labour signed up during the Lisbon negotiations.

Indeed, as EU observers have been noting, the more extreme eurosceptic Conservative noises off from Westminster have been anticipating — in the event of a «Yes» win - the end of Cameron, a caretaker leader until the May 2015 general election and a Labour victory.

Many of those backing eurosceptic John Baron's amendment to the Queen's Speech regretting the lack of an EU referendum bill believe the UK will not be able to secure any agreement from European leaders on a fresh set of terms for British membership - making Cameron's strategy of attempting to seek agreement unrealistic.

Boris Johnson will spend Christmas at Chevening this year after shaking off competition from his fellow eurosceptic Cabinet ministers.

Apart from one major speech, he has kept a low profile on the issue and is regarded as the most Eurosceptic leader of the party in a generation.

He would still hope to benefit from the support of eurosceptics within the parliamentary party and the membership at large, and as a leaver, might be more trusted to ensure there was no backsliding by the EU on delivering Cameron's negotiated agreement.

If he had supported remain, he could not have counted on the gratitude of eurosceptic MPs and may have struggled to distinguish himself from, and elevate himself above Osborne and May, both of whom have impressive experience as ministers.

The Commons» European scrutiny committee's chair, arch Tory eurosceptic Bill Cash, said: «The prime minister needs to be aware, as he discusses these matters in the European Council, that the debate has moved on from specific concerns about individual issues to fundamental questions which involve our democracy.»

If he thinks by doing this he's somehow appeased the eurosceptics, far from it - he's fed it.

The move will have dampened hostility towards the Tory leadership from the party's backbenches, which remain predominantly eurosceptic.

So while Cameron looks to secure approval from his party's eurosceptics by pursuing a strategy based on foot - dragging and referring to the rulebook, the politicians watching Britain's unhelpful tantrum become more and more disgusted.

Even one Eurosceptic blogger has commented that «Article 50 is not really a process designed to facilitate the exit of a nation state from the EU — it is an attempt to build a process that is so risky, politically and economically, that no country would dare invoke it».

The school of political thought that states that the competences of the European Union should be reduced or prevented from expanding further, is represented in the European Parliament by the eurosceptics.

Jacob Rees - Mogg, a Conservative backbencher and leader of the Eurosceptic European Research Group, said customs union membership was unacceptable to leading Brexit supporters and accused Philip Hammond, the chancellor, of undermining Britain's departure from the EU.

Theresa May's party appeared to have benefited from an almost total collapse in the Ukip vote, which saw the Eurosceptic party shed councillors across the country.

Both Labour and the Lib Dems are getting nervous with the toxic Europhobic atmosphere that is quickly spreading from Westminster to the rest of the country and have started to mutter reserves about the EU by using language that is rich on Eurosceptic iconography.

Even on Europe, there is an English dimension that is simply not reflected in current political rhetoric — even among those Eurosceptics who pride themselves in reflecting the view from the street or saloon bar.

The reaction to his remarks was swift and damning, particularly from those who want out, all of whom assume, to quote venerable Thatcherite veteran Norman Tebbit, that «activist Tories are deeply Eurosceptic».

[27] Although Davis is a staunch Eurosceptic and has criticised the record of the European Court of Human Rights, he has also argued against withdrawal from the court's jurisdiction, on the basis it might encourage countries with far worse civil liberties to do likewise.

That's why eurosceptics find it very difficult to move from denunciation to the formulation of any kind of policy or legal language that could be put in law (whether at the national or EU levels).

The prime minister has enjoyed unusual acclaim from his party's eurosceptic backbenchers after refusing to commit Britain to fiscal integration measures now being pursued by all other EU member states.

- Drastically overbid in negotiations with Brussels - Try hard but ultimately accept defeat - Accept political kudos from impressed eurosceptics - Incorporate failure into case for in - out referendum

But today's article from Mr Baron represents one of the first eurosceptic moves after the Brussels summit to place further pressure on the PM.

In July 2015 a split from AfD created a new soft Eurosceptic party called Alliance for Progress and Renewal.

With both Labour and the Liberal Democrats still opposed to a referendum on UK membership and with uncertainty lsurrounding Cameron's ability to re-negotiate any significant powers from Brussels, the momentum continues to shift further towards the Eurosceptic camp.