Cameron to back Clegg on EU stance

British prime minister David Cameron is preparing for a battle over Britain’s relationship with the EU that will see him siding with his Liberal Democrat deputy, Nick Clegg.

On Monday, at his party’s annual conference, Clegg described opponents of Britain’s membership of the EU as “insular”, and “short- sighted”. Many of those opponents are in Cameron’s Conservative Party.

Cameron drew cheers from his side last year when he refused to join 25 other nations in an EU-wide treaty to rescue the euro. But, he, like Clegg, says the UK should stay in the EU.