No 10 brushes off 'Muppet' row

Downing Street has insisted that Britain continues to "work closely" with Germany, amid claims that Chancellor Angela Merkel has lost patience with UK intransigence over the EU and wants to create a "new, more deeply integrated Europe" based around the eurozone.

A spokeswoman for Number 10 brushed aside a commentary in the respected German magazine Der Spiegel which compared Britain to Statler and Waldorf, the two old men on The Muppet Show who continually grumble as spectators in the gallery.
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