Brown angry at diplomat’s criticism of relations with EU / Brown angered by diplomat’s claim of waning influence in EU

Article suggest that the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, rejects ideas expressed in a memo from Sir Nigel Sheinwald, head of UKREP, that being outside the eurozone worked against UK in a recent important economic decision taken by the 12-member eurogroup and subsequently by the 15 member Ecofin Council .