A bad day for Britain; an awful day for Cameron's busted flush Quisling Conservatives

On the day we learn that even the House of Commons library now admits - even by their vague estimations - that "up to half of British laws come from Europe", those of us living here must survey the bad news that a weak Prime Minister - high on rhetoric and low on delivery - looks set to leave our finances defenceless against yet more Brussels pickpocketing.

As the Daily Mail makes clear: "No10 has acknowledged it is powerless to prevent the [EU] budget soaring by at least 2.9 per cent - equivalent to an extra £429million from the UK - after failing to gain support from other EU members. The rise could even be as high as 6 per cent, at a time when public services in Britain are being slashed in a bid to cut the deficit."

The Guardian provides a similar but slightly higher price for the British taxpayer of Cameron's failure to crush the Brussels dictatorship, "with Britain contributing an extra £435.2m" according to their report.

Rumblings of discontent from within the Conservative Party are now coming into the open - and are long overdue.

Lord Tebbit's opinions are usually welcome here and he does not disappoint, having gone on record as arguing: "[Cameron] would do better to go down fighting than to surrender in some Vichy-style arrangement, pretending to hold on to sovereignty by agreeing to what Europe demands."

Widespread criticism of David Cameron was evident on the Daily Telegraph reader comments from very early yesterday.

Yet the big threat to David Cameron must surely now come from within his own party.

In a welcome, honest and candid piece, ConservativeHome generously state that: "when UKIP said Conservatives were not to be trusted on Europe, they were right".

They add: "When I and others said [...] Cameron and Hague were genuinely convicted Eurosceptics who understood what must be done and would not let us down, we were wrong."

And they warn: "There will be consequences."

Our political colleagues over at Bloggers4UKIP condemn Cameron as a: "Compulsive Liar & Traitorous Europhile"... a charge-list which will not find any disagreement here.

EU Referendum describe Cameron with the single word: "Loser!".

Meanwhile, a poll conducted by Com Res on behalf of the EU Referendum Campaign finds that "75% of the British Public want a Referendum on the EU" - a figure that must surely soon grow as the reality of the amount of money we are giving to Brussels while suffering crippling economic cuts at home gets further digested through commentators within both the political and media spheres.

Keep your eyes on the media throughout Friday - we suspect we haven't heard the last of the anger at Cameron. And that's just from what we're expecting to hear from the Conservatives...

Addendum: In another report, the Daily Telegraph quietly announces that "Britain has dropped its opposition to treaty changes" - which, if true, must be seized upon as a last chance saloon opportunity by anybody left in the Conservative Party with any truly conservative values.