Maastricht rebel Richard Shepherd on UK Europe relations

Name: Maastricht rebel Richard Shepherd on UK Europe relations
Uploaded: 2011-12-12T14:11:51.000Z
Duration: 3 min 47 s
Description: One of the so-called Maastricht rebels who had the Conservative whip withdrawn in the 1990s was unrepentant over his actions which saw the party divided over Europe.

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One of the so-called Maastricht rebels who had the Conservative whip withdrawn in the 1990s was unrepentant over his actions which saw the party divided over Europe.

Richard Shepherd MP said: "I had no doubt what we did was right."

He drew parallels between what happened 20 years ago and the current relations between the UK and Europe and its effect on the Tory party.

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UK Politics

12 December 2011