In terms of saving Cameron’s EU bacon when the time comes,don’t bank on anything apart from unexpected troubleDavid Cameron’s half-baked renegotiation strategy for keeping Britain in the EU gets deeper into trouble with every day that passes, even without the election of genial Jeremy “Is it Yes or No? Corbyn to the Labour leadership, or the TUC cutting up rough over Europe on Tuesday. Foreigners have their Corbyns and Nigel Farages too.A European diplomat chum explained the other day that,sunk in assorted crises as the EU is - not all of their own making - some member states are fed up with Britain’s self-absorbed agenda of divisive concessions and disruptive treaty changes which they mostly don’t want. In Brighton for its annual bean, the TUC decided it didn’t want them either whether they eroded social protection.
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Source: theguardian.com