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Semi-detached island nation faces EU isolation
"He's thrown some meat to the eurosceptics who like to see the British PM wielding the veto. (But) it is going to make it harder to defend British interests," said Simon Tilford of the CER. "Cameron has played a bad hand poorly. He's been stung by the mounting rebellion here."