Unusual

Unusual indeed

Nice balanced stuff from the European Parliament

We get it, the European Parliament, read the European institutions think that Britain needs to pay them more money.

And of course this is what Martin Schulz, the German socialist president of the European Parliament thinks,

'If Cameron is prepared to give up the British rebate, then we can discuss the reduction of the EU budget'.

Thing is with Cameron's positive statement of his desire to walk naked into the negotiating room, he has signaled that he is happy to do so.