Witness to History: Was Cameron’s veto in 2011 the beginning of the end for British membership of the EU?

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Witness to History: Was Cameron’s veto in 2011 the beginning of the end for British membership of the EU?
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Andrew Grice on the biggest story he’s covered in 37 years as a political journalist

I couldn’t see the point of Cameron’s veto. Having covered EU summits since 1987, when Margaret Thatcher was the prime minister, I reckoned the other 27 EU members would find a way to go ahead without the UK. Soon, they did. “How can it be in the national interest for the UK to be so isolated?” I asked the prime minister. He insisted: “I am doing what is right, to safeguard our country’s interests, and the City of London.

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