Government misuse of funds to support the euro
The Government, via the IMF, is using British money to bail out the problems caused by the euro. However, 32 Conservative MPs voted against this misuse of funds. The £9.3 billion can be better used at home; instead the Government is borrowing this money and paying interest on it to offset the failure of the euro.
Below is a list of the rebel Conservative MPs:
- Steve Baker
- Brian Binley
- Peter Bone
- Douglas Carswell
- Bill Cash
- Chris Chope
- James Clappison
- Philip Davies
- David Davis
- Zac Goldsmith
- James Gray
- Gordon Henderson
- Chris Kelly
- Edward Leigh
- Julian Lewis
- Anne Main
- Karl McCartney
- Nigel Mills
- David Nuttall
- Matthew Offord
- Andrew Percy
- Mark Reckless
- John Redwood
- Simon Reevell
- Richard Shepherd
- Henry Smith
- Graham Stuart
- Peter Tapsell
- Andrew Turner
- Martin Vickers
- Charles Walker
- John Whittingdale
George Eustice and Chris Heaton-Harris who recently criticised the bailouts and signed a letter to the Financial Times calling for the Government to "ensure that the current crisis in the eurozone is a beneficial crisis, not just a painful one" failed to join the rebels.