Meanwhile, Britain's steel industry is in turmoil after Tata Steel announced it was selling its entire UK operation, which it says is losing millions. Cameron has been widely criticized for failing to come up with a credible plan to save tens of thousands of jobs. His government has been further criticized for vetoing EU plans to reform the 'lesser duty rule' and impose anti-dumping tariffs on cheap imports of Chinese steel, which is making UK steel uncompetitive.
Farron told Sputnik that Cameron had lost control by spending so much of his time arguing the case for Britain to remain in the EU at the In-Out referendum called for June 23.
"The government have taken its eye off the ball and it's preoccupied with infighting over Europe. But other people pay the price.
"Looking at the last few weeks it's the vulnerable, through the disaster of the proposed PIP cuts and now it's working people in Port Talbot through their shambolic handling of the steel crisis who bear the brunt.
"The government is failing in its basic duty, is asleep at the wheel and people are paying the price. It is shameful that they call themselves as One Nation party. The only thing they actually seem to care about is Tory party unity," Tim Farron told Sputnik.
Chinese Whispers
Cameron has come in for severe criticism over the steel industry crisis because he is keen to remain on good terms with China — which is responsible for dumping cheap steel in Europe — because it is giving financial backing the building of the UK's next-generation nuclear plant at Hinkley Point in the west of England.
Meanwhile, China has imposed a 46 percent tariff on imports of the type of steel produced in the UK, causing even more embarrassment to Cameron.
He suffered his biggest defeat over plans to relax Sunday trading hours, with many of his own party voting against the proposal.
He is also facing revolt from within his own top team, with several arguing the case for Britain to leave the EU, after Cameron was forced to accept he could not enforce the principle of collective responsibility within the cabinet.
