Coalition rift over EU vote deepens
The UK coalition’s rift over Europe and constituency boundary reform deepened on Tuesday after the Conservative party attacked Liberal Democrats on both the issues.
Deputy PM Nick Clegg, who is the leader of Liberal Democrats, in direct Opposition to Prime Minister Cameron opposed his stand on the European Union and any planned referendum on the UK’s membership of the 27-nation bloc. Mr Clegg warned Mr Cameron about a chilling effect on jobs if there is a prolonged period of uncertainty over Britain’s relationship with Europe. “The Eurozone is changing. That is obvious. We do not know yet when that will manifest itself in a new treaty and we don’t know if that new treaty... does become a reality whether that will ask new things of the United Kingdom,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. “All I am saying is we should be very careful at a time when the British economy is still haltingly recovering from the worst economic shock in a generation to create a very high degree and prolonged period of uncertainty because, in my view, uncertainty is the enemy of growth and jobs,” he added.
Mr Clegg’s intervention on the Tory led scepticism over the EU membership came just hours after LibDem peers in the House of Lords voted against the government on Monday.
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