Sold Out!

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The oldest parliamentary system in the world will have been sold out to the European Union when the Lisbon Treaty comes into effect later this year. And this despite the checks and balances we believed we had in this country on Parliament and the promise by ‘Teflon’ Blair of a referendum on the EU.

David Cameron, who I assume will be our next Prime Minister - Oh, Lord, let there please be a new Prime Minister! - finds himself betwixt the devil and the deep-blue sea. But the damage is done and there is nothing that can undo what has happened.

Cameron has promised a referendum on certain aspects of EU law and it remains to be seen whether his promise, like that of his predecessors in power, have any real meaning or whether it is as meaningful as a cupful of cold water in a storm. Only time will tell.

The tragedy is that the consequences of what has happened will fall on the Tories rather than on the people in power at this moment.

The wrangling and the arguments will probably go on for a lot longer than we can possibly tell.
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Groan!

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Oh dear just when we thought we had got rid of him, ‘Bronco’ Brown announces that 'Teflon Tone’ Blair would be an ‘excellent candidate’ for the first President of the European Council.

The Lisbon Treaty has yet to be ratified, of course, and it ought not to be forgotten that the British people have so far not been able to express their opinion in the referendum that Blair promised us but has so far been withheld. In this respect, William Hague is spot on when he says, ‘It leaves people feeling they have not been dealt with honestly and plainly.’

I’m no pollster, but I doubt the majority of the British people would now vote for the Lisbon Treaty given the opportunity.

And I’d bet that even fewer of us would want to see ‘Teflon Tone’ as President!
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