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Meacher’s EU treaty blast for Cameron
Date published: 13 December 2011
DAVID Cameron’s decision to veto EU treaty changes will marginalise Britain and leave it impotent abroad, Michael Meacher has warned.
The Oldham West and Royton MP said “the sky has never looked darker in this generation” and Britain would now be marginalised, its influence with Washington, Beijing and New Delhi “thrown away” by David Cameron’s actions in Brussels last week.
Mr Cameron blocked changes to the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, aimed at addressing the euro crisis and preventing a repeat in the future. Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said the move was “bad for Britain”, and Mr Meacher believed the split in the coalition would result in a general election within the next 18 months.
The treaty changes needed the support of all 27 EU members to go ahead.
Mr Meacher said the decision was “solely to protect the City of London from regulation”.
He added: “The ripples from this supreme act of folly will go deep and wide. Cameron’s paramount desire to appease his 80 Europhobe back-benchers, merely a quarter of his own party and an eighth of all MPs, is a miscalculation which will cost him dear.”
Fellow Labour MP Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth) agreed, saying of Mr Cameron: “While he continues to put party politics before what’s right for the country my worry is that he doesn’t see the wider implications of his actions.
“I seriously believe David Cameron is out of his depth. His negotiating failure will have a dramatic and detrimental impact on jobs and growth in Oldham East and Saddleworth and across the country.”
Comments
i agree with road rocket. its all well and good everyone slating camerons decision.
but no one's come up with what they'd have done instead.
having seen what's been protected. eg) londons finical establishment. i think its actually a good idea.
especially considering its not just uk banks based there and the uk is still deemed to be a safe economy.
Meacher & Abrahams....a comedy double act who simply aren't funny. All we are hearing from both of them are party soundbites when neither of them have a clue how international finance works. This is politics at it's worst.....disposable comments without factual evidence....simply repeating Ed Millicent's ill-informed nonsense. Funny how in several newspapers 60%+ have said Cameron was right to veto and less than 15% said the opposite. Time to retire Meacher...you are a dinosaur!!!
Micheal Meacher and Debbie Abrahams must remember that the European leaders will be back with a new treaty to sign.Tony Blair the Labour leader went to a summit with the European collective and came back with less money and less powers. David Camaron only held them off for a little while,The EU needs money from the UK to continue to prop up the failed Euro. Where else would Europe get the money?
I suspect by the time other countries have digested whats happening there will be more who take Mr Cameron's stance. The ones that go ahead (if it ever goes ahead) will be sorry.
The Euro was flawed from the begining, yet they cripple countries to save it, and what they propose doesnt even address the problem
All they are doing is delaying the inevitable.
They are on an equivalent to a Titanic, and I am glad Mr Cameron did not get on board
Have Your Say
These Labour and Lib Dem politicians would have more credibility if they would say what they would have done. I have watched countless interviews where they have been asked the simple question "Would you have used the veto"? And in each and every case they've squirmed, wriggled, diverted the question and cowardly avoided an answer. So Debbie Abrahams, "Would you have used the veto"? YES or NO!
By Road Rocket @ 13/12/2011 15:19:16