When a Labour Party MEP sent out an round robin email about this weekend’s demonstration to every member of the European Parliament things got weird. Very weird.
The Tory right were on the march in Brussels today, voting in hardline Eurosceptic Martin Callanan as the leader of the party’s MEPs. Callanan was the unanimous victor in the poll of the Conservative’s 24 Members of the European Parliament, winning over 50 per cent of the vote – including the support of Daniel Hannan, who had told Callanan’s rival Charles Tannock he would vote for him, only to double-cross him.
David Cameron’s stance on Europe and the European Union seems to have turned on its head in recent weeks; earlier this week, he used his meeting with the Turkish prime minister to state Turkey’s case for EU membership – a crucially important issue for both Turkey and the future of the EU.
The Tories today paraded a world-leader in tackling climate change, while keeping their far-Right climate change-denying European allies firmly behind doors.
Charles Tannock MEP sought to defend his party’s record on gay rights last night but his own history of opposing equalities legislation has come under scrutiny.
David Cameron’s “wholehearted commitment to the NHS” came under fire from one of his own side again last night as yet another Tory MEP brought into question the very ideals of the health service. Tory MEP Charles Tannock said: “We need to look at these issues again, I know they are controversial but I don’t think that people who are in a job would actually be against, say, spending £10 to see their GP”
