ONE of Britain’s leading Eurosceptics is to campaign for Britain to stay in the European Union, warning that voting to leave would allow France and Germany to dominate Europe.

Mark Pritchard, who helped to lead the rebellion of 81 Tory MPs who demanded a referendum in 2011, warns that “a decision to isolate Britain from Europe will have significant national security implications”.

In an article for The Sunday Times website, Pritchard, MP for The Wrekin, says that if the public votes for Brexit the EU “would undermine Nato”, “embolden” the enemies of the West, leave Europe without “Britain’s geopolitical wisdom” and undermine the UK’s standing in the world.

His intervention is a boost for David Cameron and fresh evidence that even confirmed Eurosceptics may not