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People's Pledge referendum diary: Week two

the People's Pledge team campaign in Thurrock

Want to win a local campaign? Don't avoid the 'no-go' areas.

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Sketch: Eurosceptics treated Cameron like a foul smell

David Cameron got a less than friendly welcome from eurosceptics

Betrayed by their hero, Cameron's eurosceptics are quickly returning to their bitter, angry roots.

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Tide turns against Cameron as Commons savages EU veto failure

David Cameron begins the long journey home after yesterday's EU summit in Brussels

David Cameron has endured one of his toughest afternoons in the Commons, as MPs from across the political spectrum attacked his performance in Brussels.

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Cameron's statement on EU meeting in full

David Cameron's EU summit statement in full

Read David Cameron's statement to the Commons on the meeting in Brussels in full on politics.co.uk.

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The unauthorised referendum: Campaigners to give people vote on EU

Calls for an EU referendum are being intensified after Cameron's treaty veto

British voters will be able to have their say on the UK's ongoing involvement in Europe this year - in a series of entirely unofficial referendums.

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UK taxpayer faces bill for treaty Cameron vetoed

German and Greek finance ministers discuss the eurozone crisis

The British government is refusing to put up a fight at the latest summit of EU leaders in Brussels over the use of EU institutions, risking the anger of Conservative backbenchers.

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Mass opt-out: The plan to repatriate British powers from the EU

David Cameron navigates another tense moment with German chancellor Angela Merkel. Campaigners want Britain to step back from the EU.

Eurosceptics are planning to force the government to repatriate 130 EU crime and policing laws overnight using a mass opt-out clause in the Lisbon treaty.

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Cameron presents Europe with 'difficult' shopping list

David Cameron addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

Europe must mirror Britain's "bold action" to improve its economic performance, David Cameron has told the World Economic Forum.

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David Cameron's Davos speech in full

David Cameron's Davos speech in full

Here's the text of David Cameron's speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos:

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Cameron pushes for ECHR reform

That gavel's got a lot of work to do - ECHR faces backlog of over 150,000 cases

The European court of human rights (ECHR) must reform to remain "true to its original purpose", David Cameron said today.

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Comment: Getting past the EU's prêt-à-porter politics

Christopher Moran is a successful entrepreneur and senior Conservative business figure

David Cameron's EU veto has been a domestic masterstroke. Time will prove the prime minister right.

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Huhne attacks Cameron's EU politics

Chris Huhne is latest Lib Dem to criticise Cameron's EU negotiations

Britain's interests would have been better defended had David Cameron not decided to leave the centre-right European People's party (EPP) grouping, Chris Huhne has claimed.

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Cameron urged to 'prepare ground' for euro collapse

Is the euro about to collapse?

Contingency plans for the collapse of the euro should be talked about more openly to "soften the blow" to the British public, a leading eurosceptic has said.

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Lukewarm Cable slaps down 'whingeing' City

Vince Cable in mixed message mode

Britain will have to negotiate with the EU over a range of rules threatening the City in spite of David Cameron's veto, Vince Cable has warned.

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Comment: Cameron must reconsider his position on saving the euro

John Baron MP is the Conservative MP for Basildon and Billericay

As the eurozone crisis becomes increasingly desperate, it's time for the prime minister to face reality.

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politics.co.uk podcast: The coalition's EU divide

Nick Clegg and David Cameron's party have been at loggerheads over Europe

Tory eurosceptics and pro-EU Liberal Democrats are at loggerheads over how to approach the European issue after David Cameron's veto in Brussels.

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Lib Dems look to marginalise Tory EU 'extremists'

Lib Dem backbenchers looking to move on from this week's EU tensions

Liberal Democrat backbenchers could try to marginalise "extreme" Tory eurosceptics by reaching out to Conservative 'moderates', politics.co.uk understands.

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PMQs sketch: Clegg's awkward return

Awkward, awkward, awkward, awkward

We sensed something new about Nick Clegg this lunchtime which we haven't seen before: a genuine discomfort at sitting next to the prime minister.

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Lib Dems desert coalition for Europe vote

Lib Dem MPs abstained en masse in EU vote praising the PM

Liberal Democrats have refused to back the government over a Commons motion praising David Cameron's EU treaty veto.

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Cabinet confronts coalition's EU divisions

Nick Clegg and David Cameron bid to get over their EU differences

Warring Conservative and Liberal Democrat ministers are seeking to patch over their differences as the row over David Cameron's European Union veto continues.

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Sketch: You can't always get what you want

Hurt feelings within the coalition after last week's EU veto from the prime minister

David Cameron urgently needs to win back his jilted coalition partner over the EU treaty veto. But Nick Clegg needs more than a Stones serenade if he is to return to the coalition's vice-like embrace.

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Clegg distances himself from Cameron as he faces Commons over EU veto

Cameron cut a stressed and under-siege figure at the EU summit last week

David Cameron was forced to justify his decision to veto the EU rescue initiative alone today, after Nick Clegg did not turn up to his Commons statement.

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Everything you need to know about the eurozone deal in five minutes

With friends like these: Cameron, Sarkozy and Merkel are now politically distant.

What is the eurozone deal, what does it mean for British politics and will it solve the crisis?

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Jenkin: Irrational French are attacking the City

Jenkin: Irrational French are attacking the City

Conservative eurosceptic MP Bernard Jenkin gives his take on the changed state of play over Europe after last week's British veto, on the Today programme:

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