Michael Meacher MP

The political fallout from Cameron’s ejection from the EU Summit can hardly be exaggerated.   Here is Britain not just pushed to the margins outside the Eurozone, but with the future of Europe being decided without even Britain being in the room.   Castlereagh must be turning in his grave.   Then there’s the domestic fallout.   The Tory Right, now with their tail up, are going to go for the kill: the EU doesn’t want us, and we don’t want the EU, so the people must be given a say to determine whether we now come out.   The consequences oif this fast-moving scenario are momentous.   If there is a referendum and the vote is to come out, the political and economic implications for Britain will be nothing less than catastrophic.   And the coalition, on which Cameron’s power hangs, could well be shattered in the process. (more…)