Nick Clegg ‘out of touch over EU referendum’
NICK CLEGG was yesterday accused of being “out of touch” by slamming David Cameron’s pledge to renegotiate Britain’s EU membership.
The Lib-Dem Deputy Prime Minister was seen by some to be backing the Tories when he accepted an in-out referendum was inevitable.
But he accused Mr Cameron of mistakenly trying to placate the Tory party by saying the vote would be by the end of 2017 after renegotiation, “regardless of what’s happening in Europe at that time”.
He said in London: “The Liberal Democrats believe it will be far better to have the referendum when a serious change to Europe’s rules, affecting the UK, next arises.”
Matthew Elliott, of Business for Britain, said: “Nick Clegg has shown he is out of touch with how the majority of the British people feel.”