He said: «We have seen Tory backbenchers last week defying the prime
minister to vote against the Queen's Speech; former Tory chancellors
openly calling for Britain to leave the European Union; serving Cabinet
ministers joining the chorus at the weekend, saying they would vote for Britain to leave the EU now; and the embarrassing spectacle and truly ludicrous sight of a British prime
minister in Washington negotiating an EU - US
trade deal, while back home members of his own Cabinet say they would vote to exclude Britain from its benefits.»