Sentences with phrase «veteran eurosceptic»

Sir Bill Cash, a veteran eurosceptic, said the Tory leader had been guilty of peddling «monumentally misleading propaganda».

The prime minister joked with the veteran Eurosceptic Peter Bone that he hoped to please him in his speech.

Veteran eurosceptic Edward Leigh brandished a Lib Dem leaflet from 2008, asking whether the person claiming to be Nick Clegg who promised «a real referendum on Europe» was «an imposter or a hypocrite»?

In a backbench debate on the European Council yesterday, veteran Eurosceptic MP Bill Cash warned that a proposed fiscal union would be both undemocratic as a whole, and damage the national interests of the UK.

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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.

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».

The broadside from the veteran europhile minister comes as David Cameron tries to face down a significant challenge on his eurosceptic flank, with a letter from 95 Tory MPs demanding parliament be given a vote on all EU laws.

Rotherham told openDemocracy that during his time working for Vote Leave, he «was in touch with a range of Eurosceptic campaigners, of which VfB [Veterans for Britain] was one group» — which in itself breaks no rules.

Bill Cash, the veteran Tory Eurosceptic who is chairman of the Commons European scrutiny committee, said that ministers would face a major rebellion.