Sentences with phrase «most eurosceptic»

This weekend, the European Union has struck a deal which is arguably the most important since its foundation 50 years ago - which was how some in Brussels described it to me - and should help persuade even the most Eurosceptic curmudgeon that the EU has crucially important uses.

In perhaps 8 to 12 of these seats you could sensibly argue that if there hadn't been a UKIP candidate then the Tory candidate would have won given that they were the most Eurosceptic alternative choice for UKIP voters.

It was the most Eurosceptic speech ever delivered by a British prime minister (because it is the first to openly canvas the idea of Britain leaving).

That would fairly make labour the most eurosceptic, and thus you would be actually endorsing other rpo EU withdrawal parties to split the tory vote.

It is interesting that Mr Hammond - one of the Cabinet's most Eurosceptic members - has written a letter to the PM, with the Europhile Vince Cable, setting out his views on reforming EU contracts.

The impact of this was also clearly demonstrated the last time the Conservatives were in government: even though the newer cohorts of Conservative MPs were then the most Eurosceptic in their attitudes, they were also the least likely to vote against the Maastricht Bill.

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.

Not exact matches

An adjournment put forward by Roger Williams MP on reforming the common agricultural policy on Tuesday will also be worth a watch, if only to see which of the most excitable Eurosceptics get the wildest look in the eyes when discussing it.

Then comes Bill Cash, the most single - minded eurosceptic of them all, who begins by praising Wharton's speech.

Brexit would not just mean that Europe loses one its most important members, but it would surely embolden eurosceptic parties in other countries to demand the repatriation of previously shared powers.

They should think of the most active Tory eurosceptics as being divided into essentially three groups: (a) Revolutionary Modernisers; (b) Maastricht Veterans and associates; and (c) Party Power Players.

One of the most heavily reported outcomes of last week's elections for the European Parliament has been the «revolution on the right» — the large numbers of people who opted to vote for far right, Eurosceptic...

Most Tory Eurosceptics are playing a longer game as they think they would lose an earlier one, as Fraser Nelson set out in the Spectator.

The eurosceptic party enjoyed its most significant victory to date with 11,571 votes.

They objected not just for its content, but for him turning his back on most MPs and simply addressing the phalanx of Eurosceptic Conservative MPs behind him.

Likewise, the Liberal Democrats, known as the most pro-European party sitting in Westminster, haven't been immune to mild Eurosceptic mutterings.

This answer mentions some interesting points about elected MPs being unable to change the organization of the EU as a whole due to structural restrictions, but most of it is really just criticizing the eurosceptics themselves or euroscepticism as a concept.

The likelihood of Cameron obtaining most of what he has asked for in the negotiation might be sufficient to win the support of eurosceptic cabinet ministers such as Michael Gove, Sajid Javid and Oliver Letwin.

Mistrusted in Britain — nice but dim IDS has sounded off again — Juncker is the candidate of the European People's Party (EPP), the main conservative bloc which won the most seats in May's European elections, despite the widespread Eurosceptic surge.

I certainly did not spend so much time energy and money to see George Osbotne in No 11 and most of all I did not campaign and post leaflets to see a bald eurosceptic yorkshire dwarf become Foreign Secretary.

One of the alliances that Number 10 has most feared is between Eurosceptic Tory backbenchers and the Labour Party.

The most ardent cabinet eurosceptics include Iain Duncan Smith, Chris Grayling and Theresa Villiers.

Most polling returns a figure somewhere around the 50 per cent mark for people wanting to leave the EU, and with Labour edging close to the Tories» eurosceptic rhetoric — which in turn has been egged on by the tub - thumping of Ukip — the Lib Dems remain alone in being unashamedly European.

Part of the reason we face an EU referendum is because Cameron has led the most rebellious Parliament yet and Eurosceptic Conservatives «made» him do it.

Most people are slightly eurosceptic, but definately not in favour of withdrawl.

Clarke's retirement from departmental office was viewed as a positive for both right - wingers and Eurosceptics in the Conservative Party, as Clarke was viewed as the Tories» most outspoken Europhile, and had been known as a liberal wet for decades.

The coalition has agreed that it will opt back into 35 measures, including most notably the European arrest warrant that is fiercely opposed by Eurosceptics.

He (and the equally Eurosceptic new Defence Secretary Liam Fox) are not inclined to join in EU - wide undertakings, and are more open to bilateral ones, with France as the most likely partner.

He has most recently been developing his latest political project, a centre - left Eurosceptic Party called New Deal.

The report is published as Conservative Eurosceptics who are pressing David Cameron to give parliament a veto over all EU laws ran into trouble when it emerged that they mistakenly claimed to have the support of one of the most senior backbench Tory MPs.