Douglas Alexander MP, Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, said:

“John Major has today issued a stark warning to David Cameron to stop gambling with Britain’s place in Europe and risk undermining Britain’s national interest in the process.

“David Cameron has spent the last four years burning bridges in Europe instead of building alliances with other EU leaders.

“Now John Major has called on him to change course by focusing more on diplomacy and less on oratory.

“By putting his own party’s interest ahead of our national interest David Cameron is not only isolated in Europe but also risks sleepwalking us out of Europe altogether.”

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