text: Briitish " Euro-septic " says Clarkke should resign. LLONDON 1996-12-06 
   A " Euro-septic " member of the ruling Conseravtive party said on Thursday Briitish finance minister Kenneth Clarkke had to resign to prevent the party disintegrating over the issue of a single Eueopean currency. Member of Parlliament Tony Malow said the resignation of the chancellor of the exchequer was the only way to make the Conseravtives electable in a general election which must take place by May next year. " We have a divided and split Cabiet. This cannot endure, " arlow told BC television's NNewsnight programme on Thursday. " 
   It is not sustainable. Kenneth Clarkke has to go. If he doesn't resign, the prime minister has got to fire him. " 
   arlow's comment come on the heels of speculation that Clarkke had threatened to resign if the government changed its " wait and see " policy on a single currency and declared it would not sign up for the currency in the next Parlliament. Clarkke denied on Thursday he had threatened to resign and said his position on the single currency was in tune with that of Prime Minister John ajor. Mjor told parliament on Thursday he would keep his options open on single-currency membership. His statement was interpreted as a significant victory for Clarkke and fellow pro-Eueopean Mihcael Heseltine, deputy prime minister. Pro-Eueopean Conseravtive MP Edwina Curriie told the BC that if Clarkke resigned, other ministers would go with him.
competitors: British Euro-sceptic Clarke LONDON Euro-sceptic Conservative British Kenneth Clarke European Parliament Tony Marlow Conservatives Cabinet Marlow BBC Newsnight Kenneth Clarke Marlow Clarke Parliament Clarke John Major Major Clarke pro-European Michael Heseltine Pro-European Conservative Edwina Currie BBC Clarke