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Tory Eurosceptics threaten 'all-out war' over Brussels

Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan resigned last week from the Tory frontbench in the European Parliament in protest against his party's stance on the Lisbon Treaty

David Cameron has been given an 18-month deadline by a powerful band of Eurosceptic Tory MPs to renegotiate Britain's relationship with Brussels or face an "all-out war" for a referendum, it emerged yesterday. Full Article at The Independent

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