UK and Europe

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9647205/David-Cameron-suffers-stinging-defeat-over-EU-budget.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9645874/The-Commons-has-spoken-for-the-nation-on-the-EU.html

A watershed moment or a tipping point in the UK's relationship with the European Union? Or simply, an opportunistic vote by Labour to discomfort Cameron?  Time will tell, although the Conservatives and Labour are beginning to recognise public disquiet with the EU.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9641755/Britain-sorely-needed-in-EU-says-German-Finance-Minister-Wolfgang-Schaeuble.html

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/uk-vote-could-spark-major-eu-budget-row-a-864693.html
Perceptive article.

Are the Liberal Democrats signing the party's death warrant by continuing to be the most europhile of the major parties

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/9648011/Nick-Clegg-EU-opt-out-a-false-promise-wrapped-in-a-Union-Jack.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20166436

UKIP is running third in most opinion polls, ahead of the Liberal Democrats.  Will UKIP benefit from current  public opinion?  Forthcoming parliamentary by-elections should provide a clue.

http://ukip.org/content/latest-news/2839-ukip-welcome-government-defeat-on-eu-budget-bid