Ken Clarke and Peter Mandelson join forces to fight Eurosceptics

Tory and Labour grandees to make joint plea as new group is set to urge close EU ties and fight growing isolationist tide Ken Clarke is joining forces with Lord Mandelson to support 'a patriotic fightback for British leadership in Europe'. Photograph: Composite Tory grandee Ken Clarke is joining forces with Labour peer Lord Mandelson in a historic ... (more)

[christry2]

A return to mature reasoning politics.
Of course the EU needs reform, all old groups and states do -the older they are, the more they need it.
But,blinded by the retro-history of populist profiteering press magnates,we must not rush towards our hubris, into the tragedy of bigotry,marginalisation,isolat ion,decline:quos vult perdere deus dementat prius?
Let UKIP and the Conservative UKIP MPs make an honest break now.Give the nation true choice.
Meanwhile let the PM keep a tradition from Churchill through Heath, Thatcher, Major and Blair and stay in Europe seeking strength there.
Mr Clegg might even help him ?
Please do not go fishing in the murk of jingoistic populism-don't we know where that leads?

[christry2]

Thank you. Let's