Britain can't have its cake and eat it

There is every reason to fear the path on which David Cameron has now set his country, and the union as a whole.

There is much to agree with in the speech on the European Union delivered by the British prime minister last week. But there is every reason to fear the path on which he has now set his country, and the union as a whole.

David Cameron is right to be critical of excessive regulation emanating from Brussels, and to bridle at complex rules unnecessarily restricting labour markets.

We agree with his concerns for ...