[TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] Senior Conservatives have called European leaders cowards as they united behind David Cameron... has stated that he is
certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is
not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as
certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
in the bitter row over the appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker as the next president of the European Commission.
The Prime Minister was left isolated after all but one of his fellow EU leaders picked Mr Juncker at a summit in Brussels.
Mr Cameron had fought the appointment of Mr Juncker, viewed by critics as an ultimate EU insider, because he wanted a candidate who would reform the EU. He was outvoted 26 to 2 on Friday.
Tory Cabinet ministers leapt to Mr Cameron's defence on Saturday, publicly backing him for his stance in opposing Mr Juncker, the 59-year-old former prime minister of Luxembourg.
Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, accused the other EU leaders of "cowardice" for opposing Mr Juncker in private, only to back him publicly.