One more Tory MEP is throwing a hissy-fit over David Cameron’s decision to leave the European Peoples Party, the mainstream group in the European parliament.
This report quotes Caroline Jackson, who has been an MEP since 1984, as saying:
“Pulling out of the EPP was ridiculous, is a serious mistake and I am minded to leave the party”
She goes on:
“It was a ridiculous decision for another reason and that is that it will be very difficult for the Tories to form another group. The fact is that they will be left with the odds and sods of Eastern European political parties.”
Like her colleague Christopher Beazley, she is giving up her seat before the June European elections. Are there any more retiring MEPs out there who want to have sound off?
Jim Pickard
Kiran Stacey