DAVID CAMERON faces a damaging new revolt over Europe as up to 100 Conservative MPs prepare to defy him by declaring they will vote to leave the European Union no matter what concessions he wins for Britain.
Rebel Tory Eurosceptics will pledge in their personal manifestos at next May's general election that they will definitely vote for the UK to quit the EU in the referendum Mr Cameron has promised in 2017, the Independent reported.
This would be widely seen as a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister's ability to win a good deal for Britain when he renegotiates its membership terms after the election.
It would echo the warning by Douglas Carswell, the former Tory MP who defected to Ukip last week, who claimed Mr Cameron was not serious about EU reform and wanted to recommend voting to remain within the union.
Mark Reckless, Tory MP for Rochester and Strood, said: "My election manifesto will confirm my view that we should leave the EU."
Other Eurosceptics predicted yesterday that between 50 and 100 Conservative MPs would make the same pledge in their election material. A revolt on that scale would be almost impossible for Tory HQ to prevent.