Tory Skeptics Raise Rebel Flag as Cameron Pressured on EU
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In the London mansion where Benjamin Franklin negotiated American independence, British rebels gathered to toast their own fight against the European Union and deliver a warning shot to Prime Minister David Cameron.
More than 100 people, including two Conservative Cabinet ministers, descended on the Lansdowne Club last month to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Maastricht rebellion, when Tory lawmakers defied Prime Minister John Major and voted against the treaty that created the EU.