9.30pm ToryDiary: 62% say Cameron was right to use the veto. Only 19% disagree.
6.15pm ToryDiary: By two-to-one Tory members think €uro should break up in orderly way
5.30pm WATCH: Lib Dem MEP Chris Davies: "I think David Cameron has let us down very, very badly"
3.45pm MPsETC: Tory MPs react to Cameron's EU veto (Rolling Blog) Lord Heseltine sounds welcoming towards Cameron's veto: "the Prime Minister secured the objectives, the two objectives that he had"
3pm LeftWatch: Ed Miliband missing from Feltham and Heston by-election leaflets
12.30pm LeftWatch: Lib Dem MEP says it will serve City right if UK's banks suffer from EU veto
12.15pm MPsETC: Tory MPs react to Cameron's EU veto (Rolling Blog) John Redwood said: "I think we are in touch with the mood of the country, where the polls show that about four out of five people agree with us that we want less Europe."
10.15am WATCH: George Osborne: "We're not exiting the European Union. We are actually protecting the European Union"
10am ToryDiary: The BBC reports the story of the boy who told the Emperor he had no clothes
ToryDiary: Cameron enjoys his best ever newspaper coverage but the BBC is spinning for Brussels
MPsETC update:
VIDEO: Clegg backs Cameron on EU outcome but warns Tory Eurosceptics against celebrating
Christopher Pincher MP on Comment: Localising pay bargaining would bring public sector wages in line with the private sector, and economic reality
MPsETC: Conservatives emphasise rise in state pension and tough knife crime policies in the Feltham and Heston by-election
Local government: Labour-run council passes anti strike motion and Free school planned for Oxford with extended hours
Cameron meets thirty Tory MPs after Treaty veto
"David Cameron has met Conservative backbenchers amid the fallout from his veto of an EU treaty change aimed at tackling the eurozone crisis. About 30 MPs, said to be from all sides of the party, visited his official country residence on Friday night. One Eurosceptic MP – Andrew Rosindell – said the PM had been "very relaxed" and the mood "extremely positive"." – BBC
Tory reaction to the veto
> Yesterday's ConHome rolling blog covering Tory reaction
How Cameron became mouse that roared on a trying night – The Times (£) has an hour-by-hour guide to Cameron's negotiations with other EU leaders
The centre right press gives Cameron his best ever newspaper coverage
Leaders in the FT (£), Independent and Guardian are negative.
Reaction from leading commentators
One commentator in the right-wing press who isn't getting carried away is Tom Newton-Dunn in The Sun: "Let's be honest, the only reason our petrified PM pulled the veto was because he had to. Eurosceptic Tory ministers and MPs made it clear they wouldn't allow the stitch-up treaty through the Commons."
From the Left:
Paddy Ashdown says Cameron has let Tory Eurosceptics hijack his policies – Times (£)
Ed Miliband challenges Lib Dems to oppose Cameron on EU
"Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister and leader of the unashamedly pro-European Liberal Democrats, said before the summit that the key aim was to do "everything we can to avoid a great big split in the European Union" because that would be "bad for jobs and growth in this country". Can Clegg really look his party – or the country – in the eye and say this has not now happened? It is time for him and Liberal Democrats to ask whether this is really what they came into politics for." – The Labour leader in The Guardian
David Miliband slams isolation of Britain
"David Miliband, who served as foreign secretary in the last Labour government, lamented an outcome that will leave Britain voluntarily locked out of treaty talks that will involve 23 of the EU's 27 states. The UK had "jumped into a rowing boat" next to a "supertanker", he said. "That is weakness not strength."" – Guardian
But is Britain really isolated?
The Guardian notes that the "Chuks" group may survive: "It may be, in the words of one British diplomat, a "crap acronym", but the UK is now a founding member of the "Chuks" – joining the Czechs, Hungarians and Swedes in refusing to join from the outset the 23 other EU states preparing to endorse a new treaty to save the euro. Unlike the Brics, this may turn out to be a short-lived grouping, as the prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Sweden said after its birth they would consult their national parliaments on joining. Diplomats said it was unlikely the Czechs and Swedes would join, and question marks remain over the Hungarians."
"If you're not at the table, you're on the menu" – The Independent worries at impact on City of isolation.
"Graeme Leach, chief economist at the Institute of Directors, said the prime minister was right to reject a treaty change because he was “ultimately going to have to agree to something down the line which was going to be very damaging to the City of London”. But David Watt, the IoD’s executive director in Scotland, said: “What happens if Britain becomes potentially a second-tier nation in Europe, which takes a massive amount of exports from Scottish companies? It is a very real concern.” – FT (£)
“Auf Wiedersehen, England!” – The Scotsman reviews European press reaction.
And let's not forget the deal that the Eurozone members did sign…
"Eurozone nations have insisted they will press ahead with plans to create a controversial pact over key tax and budget issues to tackle Europe’s mounting debt crisis in a move that will create a deep rift with the UK. The European Union (EU) said yesterday 26 of its 27 member states will agree a deal for tougher economic sanctions and restoring market credibility and stability." – Scotsman
IDS: Dysfunctional celebrity culture contributed to summer's riots
"A "get rich quick" celebrity culture exemplified by The X Factor and the dysfunctional lives of footballers has created a society "out of balance", the work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, says today in an interview surveying Britain after the summer riots." – Guardian
"A scandal over apparent collusion between teachers and examiners to improve exam results has raised fears that competition between examination boards is fuelling “a race to the bottom” in British education standards" – FT (£)
Ruth Davidson will give Scottish Tory members a vote in party policy – Alan Cochrane in The Telegraph
Rupert Murdoch met David Cameron at Downing Street twice during BSkyB bid – Guardian
UN climate talks heading to "deal" but with no specific emission commitments – BBC
"Climate talks hung in the balance last night with Britain pushing for a global deal to cut emissions in poorer countries which would cost British taxpayers £6billion. Energy Secretary Chris Huhne told world leaders to commit to binding targets for greenhouse gases to keep global warming within 2'C by the end of the century." – Daily Mail
Top taxman forced to resign as head of HMRC after catalogue of disasters – Daily Mail
Empathy has fled the inner city, and it’s time for me to follow – Graeme Archer in The Telegraph on why he's leaving Hackney
And finally… David Cameron's Christmas card has royal wedding theme…
The Daily Mail has images of the other leaders' Christmas cards.
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