It’s Euro-mania in SW1. Always reliable for hard hitting analysis, Tory foghorn Louise Mensch summed up what she saw as her party’s position on the EU:
And who said a referendum would dumb down a complicated issue?‘We want a Diet Coke version. A skinny latte. An EasyJet ticket. An IKEA flat-pack. Pain, vin, Boursin. You know. Just the basics.’
Those paid to walk the line are less happy though. One Tory spinner whispers to me:
This ding-dong is almost as interesting as the tennis. Less civilised though…

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