I'm not sure that I'm quoting anything - merely reporting the gist of what was said. Given that the Tories split on what was presumably an unwelcome amendment from one of their own, I'd certainly say "more significant". I'd suggest that (as was the vague consensus on This Week last night) unlike our little tactical rebellion the Tory one is more likely to indicate a strategic split in the party on policy. I think it's harder to wriggle out of the charge that the Tories are unable to produce a consensus on Europe than it is for the Lib Dems, and more importantly that that has greater potential to last long after the Lib Dems are back seen as fundamentally as one on the whole issue.

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