Twittersphere alive with politicians’ treaty tweets

A FLOOD of MPs used the internet to respond to events in Brussels on their blogs and Twitter.

Several Liberal Democrats voiced concern at the developments. Cheltenham MP Martin Horwood said: “Worrying picture emerging in Brussels. Worst scenario is UK, Hungary out; 26 others in. Difficult to maintain UK influence from there.”

But Tory back-benchers loudly praised Prime Minister David Cameron for taking a stand against the direction of travel towards closer European union. Some saw last night’s events as the first step towards a looser UK relationship with the EU.

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Prominent Tory Eurosceptic Douglas Carswell wrote on his blog: “The inexorable logic of today’s non-deal in Brussels is that Britain now heads towards a Swiss-type relationship with Euroland. Or possibly Australian – they seem to be doing OK.”

Tory MP for Daventry Chris Heaton-Harris, a former MEP, said: “David Cameron has, yet again, shown true leadership. Wonder how many seconds it would have taken Ed Miliband to give in last night? “Anyone else noticed the Cameron trait of weighing up all options for a couple of days before choosing what is best and acting decisively? Wonder, if in the cold light of day, Germans will worry about where their pact with the French is leading them?”

On his blog, Robert Halfon, the Conservative MP for Harlow, said he was “delighted that Mr Cameron has shown bulldog spirit and said no to EU treaty”.

But Labour’s Chris Bryant rated the result achieved by Mr Cameron a “fail”.

“Cameron has achieved political and economic isolation for UK whilst keeping us in the Common Agricultural Policy, Working Time Directive and common fisheries,” said the former Europe minister.

“Not an ounce, not a gram of leadership to his own party, just surrender. So the euro crisis continues and we tip towards recession.”