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| EU Referendum: Philip Hammond calls Eurosceptic colleague ‘a total s***” | EU Referendum: Philip Hammond calls Eurosceptic colleague ‘a total s***” |
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| Conservative in-fighting over the EU referendum has worsened following reports that the Foreign Secretary swore at a senior Eurosceptic colleague and David Cameron has been warned he faces a plot to oust him as PM. | |
| Philip Hammond called Conservative MP Bill Cash “a total s***” after he defied orders to keep a report on the EU deal negotiated by David Cameron under wraps. | |
| In a letter published by the Mail on Sunday, Mr Hammond explicitly told his colleague “this is not a public document so while I will draw on it tomorrow we should refrain from referring to it explicity in the session." | In a letter published by the Mail on Sunday, Mr Hammond explicitly told his colleague “this is not a public document so while I will draw on it tomorrow we should refrain from referring to it explicity in the session." |
| The leaked document, written by the legal aide to the European Council president Donald Tusk, gave advice that the new settlement for Britain would be legally binding as if it were enshrined in a new EU Treaty – and could not be overturned. | The leaked document, written by the legal aide to the European Council president Donald Tusk, gave advice that the new settlement for Britain would be legally binding as if it were enshrined in a new EU Treaty – and could not be overturned. |
| Eurosceptic Labour MP Kate Hoey, who saw Mr Hammond’s outburst, said to the newspaper: "It was totally uncalled for. As we walked out of the committee room during an adjournment, Bill bumped into Hammond and went to make polite small talk like the gentleman he is. | Eurosceptic Labour MP Kate Hoey, who saw Mr Hammond’s outburst, said to the newspaper: "It was totally uncalled for. As we walked out of the committee room during an adjournment, Bill bumped into Hammond and went to make polite small talk like the gentleman he is. |
| "He said something innocuous like “Everything OK, Foreign Secretary?” Hammond glared at him, got right up to Bill’s face and hissed, “No, it isn’t! I told you that document was ‘Limité’ [French for ‘restricted’] and that you were not to distribute it. You deliberately ignored me; you are a total s***! | "He said something innocuous like “Everything OK, Foreign Secretary?” Hammond glared at him, got right up to Bill’s face and hissed, “No, it isn’t! I told you that document was ‘Limité’ [French for ‘restricted’] and that you were not to distribute it. You deliberately ignored me; you are a total s***! |
| "Bill was speechless, and Hammond stomped off. It is hardly an appropriate way for a Foreign Secretary to behave. He is clearly rattled." | "Bill was speechless, and Hammond stomped off. It is hardly an appropriate way for a Foreign Secretary to behave. He is clearly rattled." |
| It comes amid claims the Prime Minister has been warned of a plot to oust him following the EU referendum if he fails to put a stop to Tory in-fighting and sniping. | |
| According to the Sunday Times ministers and senior backbenchers threatened a no-confidence vote unless Mr Cameron tones down attacks on Boris Johnson and other Eurosceptics. | |
| Last week, Mr Cameron made a less-than-subtle dig at Mr Johnson, saying: "I'm not standing for re-election. I have no other agenda than what is best for our country." | |
| In a second altercation, George Osborne also launched a thinly veiled attack on the London Mayor Boris Johnson over his decision to back a leave vote – insisting that the decision was not “some amusing adventure into the unknown”. | In a second altercation, George Osborne also launched a thinly veiled attack on the London Mayor Boris Johnson over his decision to back a leave vote – insisting that the decision was not “some amusing adventure into the unknown”. |
| His remarks came after Mr Johnson compared his own defiance of Brussels to James Bond. Mr Johnson pointed out in an interview that the most recent Bond film, Spectre, had been partly shot in his Mayoral offices, saying it was ‘where James Bond shoots the evil baddie who is hellbent on subverting democracy around the world through a supra-national organisation...I think there’s a metaphor there’. | His remarks came after Mr Johnson compared his own defiance of Brussels to James Bond. Mr Johnson pointed out in an interview that the most recent Bond film, Spectre, had been partly shot in his Mayoral offices, saying it was ‘where James Bond shoots the evil baddie who is hellbent on subverting democracy around the world through a supra-national organisation...I think there’s a metaphor there’. |