David Davis: Cameron must turn Juncker failure into a tactical advantage

David Cameron has survived the post-Juncker post-mortem without a Tory grandee briefing against him. This is comforting for the Prime Minister, although he shouldn’t assume that he has the full loyalty of his party: it is quite clear that many are simply holding their fire until after the General Election. David Davis, who will again become a dangerous figure in 2015 if Cameron holds onto power, reminded everyone of what the PM has got coming to him when he popped up on the Today programme this morning. Davis said:

‘He’s had a very, very difficult few weeks to say the least, but what he has to do is turn this into a tactical advantage in the next year or two. It’s going to be really difficult: Lord Lawson who knows his way around these corridors as well as most people, has taken the view that there’s going to be nothing material that comes out of the negotiations.