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With his no vote on fiscal union, Cameron declared to the EU: "British surrenders of sovereignty come to an end here. And Britain will deny Brussels any oversight authority of any national budgets or any right to sanction EU members."
The euro-skeptic right is understandably ecstatic.
"He Put Britain First," thundered the Daily Mail. "There is now a wonderful opportunity for Britain gradually to loosen itself from the shackles of a statist, over-regulated, anti-democratic, corrupt EU."
The Sun featured Cameron as Winston Churchill, flashing a wartime V-for-Victory sign over the banner headline: "Up Eurs -- Bulldog PM Sticks up for Britain."
The British left, however, almost took to bed.
This, however, was NOT his finest hour just recently, when he said he supported gay marriage because he was a conservative:
"I don't support gay marriage despite being a Conservative. I support gay marriage because I'm a Conservative.”
Methinks the display of December in defiance of Europe was meant to quiet the firestorm of opposition building since October over normalised buggery at home.
