DJones wrote:
Did Mr Cameron miscalculate? Did he want to end up with a treaty being crafted at almost 26, with Britain on the outside? My source is certain that was not Mr Cameron's goal, and my source is not alone in this thinking."

It would appear that you are right, DJones ... Cameron was so keen to "stand up for Britain" that he appears to have mis-calculated what would happen next.

Ah, well ... at least it wasn't Milliband (we would still be trying to decipher what he had said at all !)

Cameron has still to explain exactly how the veto protects his friends in the City of London. In fact it doesn't, as the proposed motion will only affect those who are in the Euro.

The head of the CBI was today expressing misgivings about the veto's impact on British industry. It was on the BBC I think, but unfortunately I can't find the link. I'll post it if I can.

Cameron has shown repeated lapses of judgement since he became PM.

found the link, by Robert Peston.

'When Vince Cable travels the world selling the attractions of the UK as a place where huge companies and deep-pocketed investors should put their money, pretty much the first thing Britain's business secretary points out is that the UK is part of the biggest market in the world - the European Union's single market - and (he says) offers a more welcoming climate for business than much of the rest of the EU.

Which is why both Mr Cable and many business leaders are profoundly uneasy about David Cameron's refusal in the early hours of Friday morning to allow the eurozone's governments to adapt the EU's treaties such that they will incorporate reforms seen as necessary to save the euro.'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16133286

david wrote:
found the link, by Robert Peston.

'When Vince Cable travels the world selling the attractions of the UK as a place where huge companies and deep-pocketed investors should put their money, pretty much the first thing Britain's business secretary points out is that the UK is part of the biggest market in the world - the European Union's single market - and (he says) offers a more welcoming climate for business than much of the rest of the EU.

Which is why both Mr Cable and many business leaders are profoundly uneasy about David Cameron's refusal in the early hours of Friday morning to allow the eurozone's governments to adapt the EU's treaties such that they will incorporate reforms seen as necessary to save the euro.'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16133286

If he's doing such a good job selling us abroad where are all the benefits?
I run a small business,and EU red tape is a nightmare compared to many places I visit.