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Where did our veto go, Prime Minister?

I'm sitting in the Commons listening to David Cameron explain how the Euro club rules have been changed very significantly - despite the so-called veto.

He said the new arrangements would not be administered by the EU institutions. Turns out they will be. By the government's own admission, they are not satisfied having the European Court adjudicating.  The new set of "non-EU" rules will be presided over and administered by EU institutions.   

So how did this happen?

I suppose if you;

a) believe that proping up the Euro with British billions is in our interests

b) take the view we must remain in the EU on any terms

c) listen to the advice from the Europhile Whitehall mandarins over and above your elected MPs ....

.... you kind of end up where we are today.

A mess. More or less where every Prime Minister these past forty years has ended up.

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