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What he perhaps doesn't appreciate is that a majority of Conservative MPs now regard this country's relations with Europe as a British beef burger adulterated by continental horse meat.
And thanks to David Cameron's imminent referendum promise these zealots have the bit more firmly between their teeth than ever.
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