article_snippet: May. Loyalist MPs are being asked to hit the airwaves in the hours following the election on May 7 to ‘save Dave’ by making it clear
article_snippet: Loyalist MPs want David Cameron to stay on.
article_snippet: One MP told the Guardian:
article_snippet: We are being asked to speak up for continuity and to say that We best option is to keep We leader... to counter the malcontents. '
article_snippet: Tory high command is even preparing to declare a ‘moral victory’ if – as some polls suggest – Mr Cameron secures more votes than Labour but wins fewer seats.
article_snippet: Mr Cameron will come under intense pressure to step down if – Mr Cameron loses to Mr Miliband, whom many Tories rate as the worst Labour leader since Michael Foot.
article_snippet: One Tory MP said – Mr Cameron ‘won’t last five minutes’ unless – Mr Cameron manages to retain the keys to Downing Street in
article_snippet: Mr Cameron either wins, or – Mr Cameron goes,’
article_snippet: Mr Cameron has said – Mr Cameron that if – Mr Cameron can’t beat Miliband – Mr Cameron
article_snippet: doesn’t deserve to be in this game, and – Mr Cameron’s right.
article_snippet: But some senior ministers believe – Mr Cameron should stay on if Miliband is only able to cobble together a fragile coalition.
article_snippet: ‘This decision belongs to the British people.
article_snippet: which – Mr Cameron compared – Mr Cameron to .
article_snippet: – Mr Cameron says – Mr Cameron will succeed in clawing back powers from the EU – just like the Hollywood hero always ‘prevails’ in the hit film series.
article_snippet: Mr Cameron’s a little bit smaller than – Mr Cameron
article_snippet: Mr Cameron also said that a win for Ed Miliband in May would cause arch-federalists on the continent to ‘breathe a sigh of relief’.
article_snippet: A Labour victory would cause those who want ever closer union to ‘relax’, because those who want ever closer union favour an ‘easy life’, warned the Tory leader.
article_snippet: the Tory leader comments suggest the Conservatives plan to put the issue of Britain’s relations with Europe at the heart of the election campaign.
article_snippet: – Mr Cameron added: ‘If Ed Miliband comes here in June, there will be no reform and no referendum.