MPs
Nick Clegg - “Clearly there is potentially an increased risk of a two-speed Europe in which Britain’s position becomes more marginalised, and in the long run that would be bad for growth and jobs in this country.” Telegraph
Vince Cable - "We will see that over the next few days. The key national interest we are trying to protect here is the single market which very large numbers of jobs depend on it. We have a critical interest in protecting the single market, keeping it open and enlarging it. That is what the argument is about." Guardian
Menzies Campbell - “If the attitude of the French was as, for example, exemplified by the statement made by President Sarkozy, then I do not think David Cameron had any alternative," Telegraph
Matin Horwood - blamed Tory Euroscepticism for leaving the UK facing a "worst-case scenario" of isolation in Europe. Evening Standard.
Lords
Lord Ashdown - “After long years of anti-European prejudice, the eurosceptic wing of the Conservative party and its newspaper backers have pushed the rest of Europe, and especially Paris, into anti-British prejudice. Britain will pay a very high price.” FT.com
Lord Oakeshott - "a black day for Britain and Europe". Independent
MEPs
Sarah Ludford - Those were reasonable demands, so I think President Sarkozy has not been helpful, but I think David Cameron, as I say, has been saddled with the deeply unhelpful weight of the europhobes. Lib Dem Voice
Chris Davies (Chief Whip) - "David Cameron has today relegated Britain to the second division of Europe." Public Service Europe
Edward McMillan-Scott - The Conservative party is now a nationalist party but is not acting in the national interest, but in the interest of a privileged minority from which Cameron and Johnson are drawn. That this personal rivalry should now imperil the survival of the euro and the single market is outrageous." theparliament.com
Sharon Bowles - lambasted Prime Minister David Cameron for isolating the UK from its European partners, saying he played a "dangerous game and lost". GFSNews
