Tony Blair's report to the European Parliament on the budget deal went quite well. It was the UKIP MEPs who made fools of themselves, by their childish antics of coming in early to bag the second row of seats all to themselves, decorate them with large Union Jack flags and stage a walk-out just before the end of the debate on the grounds that only two of their MEPs had been called to speak. For the record, among the British parties, three Conservatives were called, three Labour (including me), two UKIP, two Liberal and one Scottish Nationalist - hardly unfair towards UKIP, given the numbers of MEPs from each party!

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