Tory MPs join 'anti-federalist' EU bloc

Britain’s Conservative MEPs will be part of a new 55-strong “anti-federalist” political group in the European Parliament, it was announced today.

A fortnight after the Euro elections returned 26 Tories – including Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson – David Cameron has fulfilled his controversial pledge to form a new bloc large enough to qualify for full recognition in Strasbourg.