Tory split over Europe: now Ken Clarke enters the arena

As 95 Tories demand the right to veto EU rules, Clarke says immigrants make Britain 'healthier'

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THE Tory rift over Europe could lead to a challenge to David Cameron’s leadership, Nick Robinson, the BBC's political editor, warned this morning after 95 Tory MPs were slapped down for a second time by Foreign Secretary William Hague for demanding a British veto over EU laws.

The Tory backbenchers, led by arch-eurosceptic Bernard Jenkin, had signed a letter to the Prime Minister demanding that Parliament be given the power to veto every aspect of EU law. As the Daily Telegraph reports, this would enable Westminster to "reverse the spread of human rights law, relieve businesses of red tape from Brussels and regain control over immigration".

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