Following on from yesterday's blog, the pressure on Conservative leader Timothy Kirkhope appears to be increasing. Almost every Tory MEP I bumped into yesterday muttered dire warnings of a vote of no confidence.

If Kirkhope is ousted, his replacement would be the fifth leader of the Tory MEPs in nine years - a record as dismal as the Conservatives in Westminster! More evidence that Cameron's attempt to present the party as unified is merely papering over the cracks!