Mr Forsyth July later Rally said there was no difference in tone.The July 22 index htm sharp differences July in attitude July to Europe were too great to avoid at the images Photos Sherburne Rally conference, 22 in Sherburne spite of a largely upbeat speech by Mr Heseltine to Photos lift the Tory conference. He predicted that the return of the "feelgood factor" would emerge this year putting the htm Tories into position to win back lost support index in time for Rally the general election.He also revealed that the images Tories are pinning their hopes of political recovery on the Treasury's expectations of a sustained rise in the 22 next 12 Rally months in real images Photos Sherburne Rally disposable incomes through of tax cuts and lower interest rates.. The Deputy Prime Minister images said British beef had been banned by many countries around the world before Photos the EU imposed its ban."The lifting of the EU ban will not be enough. Ultimately, it is the consumers of this country that we index need to satisfy 22 and convince of the safety index of British beef. So we are working with Photos our European partners to devise the Sherburne most effective measures to achieve this end," he said.Mr Heseltine privately htm fears that the "Euro-bashing" by Euro-sceptics Sherburne and the July 22 index htm British images press has htm put back the efforts to lift the ban in careful negotiation with Britain's European partners.

With the negotiations delicately poised, pro-European ministers fear that renewed attacks on Europe from Britain could upset their efforts to get the ban lifted next week.He is also concerned about the way the Government handles the divisions in the party over Europe, and is wary of joining Douglas Hurd, the former Foreign Secretary, in counter-attacking against the Euro-sceptics. Mr Heseltine took a conciliatory approach to the efforts to persuade Britain's European partners to lift the ban on British beef exports, in sharp contrast to Mr Forsyth, the Secretary of State for Scotland, who defiantly defended his refusal to fly the European flag until the beef ban was lifted. The Thatcherite minister was loudly cheered at the conference in Aberdeen - the heart of the Scottish beef industry - when he attacked the ban on British beef as "ridiculous" and accused the European Union of wrecking British industry to kill its competition."What we are witnessing is the cynical elimination of a formidable competitor from the markets of Europe," Mr Forsyth said. "I will put out the flags when the European Union lifts the ban on our farmers."But Mr Heseltine, speaking a few hours later, rejected the attempts to blame the EU for the beef ban. It is a central part of the fight against unemployment."He said he was sure the other member states would proceed on schedule: "Nobody and nothing will stop them".. Michael Heseltine yesterday clashed with his Euro-sceptic Cabinet colleague, Michael Forsyth, over attempts to blame the European Union for the ban on the export of British beef.

The European Commissioner responsible for introducing a single currency across the EU yesterday urged Britain to see it as "the inevitable complement to the single market". Yves-Thibault de Silguy marked Europe Day with a speech to the pro-EU European Movement in London which described the proposed currency, the Euro, as the next milestone. Mr de Silguy said: "I am not a blind Euro-federalist, but I am convinced that we will only preserve our influence through joint action."The Commissioner went on: "The single currency is not a goal in itself: it is a vital tool to ensure our future prosperity and our competitive position in the world It is the inevitable complement to the single market. "They're the sort of people that bring shame to our armed forces, not those homosexual men that loyally serve their country, are ready to die for their country and yet are still treated abysmally by this House.". But Dr Reid said the difference between a Secretary of State for Defence and a member of an Army unit was "that the defence secretary doesn't have to sleep every night with the Defence Procurement Minister or the Armed Forces Minister".Tony Banks, Labour MP for Newham NW, raised the case of the three "subhuman" heterosexual soldiers who murdered a Danish tour guide in Cyprus. battles".With Labour MPs granted a free vote on the issue, Mr Reid acknowledged that his view was at odds with his backbenchers.Intervening, George Galloway, Labour MP for Glasgow Hillhead, said: "It is possible and acceptable to be a homosexual member of a war cabinet or to be a homosexual defence secretary, but it is not possible to be a homosexual private in the Royal Corps of Signallers. There's an inherent absurdity in that proposition."Would a war cabinet including two homosexuals in a special relationship be less effective at waging a war, Mr Galloway wondered.