Clegg: Tories 'tying UK up in knots' on EU issue

27 January 2013 Last updated at 05:44 ET Help

The Conservatives "have decided to completely reinvent the wheel and tie the country up in knots" by insisting on renegotiating the terms of the UK's EU membership, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.

Speaking to guest presenter Sophie Raworth on The Andrew Marr Show, Mr Clegg said that his Liberal Democrat Party's priority was to focus on jobs and growth rather than the European issue.

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