DAVID CAMERON has received overwhelming support from British voters over his historic decision to veto changes to the EU Treaty.

The first poll conducted since the acrimonious Brussels summit shows that a total of 62 per cent of people agreed with the Prime Minister’s defiant stance, with just 19 per cent against.

Furthermore, most people believe the euro is doomed to fail and almost half think the EU will break up. They also fear the summit has given too much power to Germany.

If there was a referendum today on whether the UK should quit the EU, is would be likely to produce a resounding Yes. Nearly 50 per cent say we should go our own way, with 33 per cent in favour of staying in. These figures come as: PRO-EU Tory Cabinet rebel Ken Clarke, the Justice Secretary, faces a No10 showdown with Mr Cameron tomorrow after calling the veto ‘disappointing, surprising’ and ‘a strange turn of events’.

It was revealed that French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Mr Cameron his conduct was ‘unacceptable’, and that Mr Cameron hit back saying: ‘I’m sticking to my guns.’

Chancellor George Osborne clashed with the BBC’S John Humphrys over claims that the Corporation reports of the veto were ‘biased’ in favour of the EU.

Well-placed sources confirmed pro-eu Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg was not contacted personally by Mr Cameron in the hours before he used the veto.

Lib Dem peer Lord Oakeshott challenged Mr Clegg, saying he ‘must stop Cameron cringing to the Tory rabid Right and get him back to the EU negotiating table’.

Amid the frenetic recriminations following the summit, the poll shows Mr Cameron’s dramatic move to set Britain on a separate course from the other 26 nations in the EU is wholeheartedly endorsed by voters.

The summit triumph has also wiped out Labour’s lead in the opinion polls.

Both Labour and the Conservatives are now on 35 per cent, with the Lib Dems on 14. According to the exclusive poll for The Mail on Sunday, nearly two-thirds of voters believe the new EU treaty, designed to save the euro by imposing tough economic controls on bankrupt European countries, is probably a waste of time.