Tory MPs defy Cameron and pledge to vote for EU exit

Up to 100 Tory backbenchers ready to promise Brexit vote in order to stop Ukip taking their seats

The Mole

Tory MPs return to Westminster for the first time in more than a month with just one thing on their minds.

Forget David Cameron's much-trailed statement on new anti-terror laws (which appear to be unravelling before they are announced this afternoon). Forget the threat of war in the Ukraine. What is really focusing Tory backbenchers’ minds is the threat to their own seats from Nigel Farage's resurgent Ukip.

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