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Last night on the floor of the House of Commons, a great disgrace was played out, the farcical defeat of giving the electorate the Referendum promised by all three parties at the last General Election. Now whilst I and others would be happy to see the UK leave the “political EU”, I do not write the word “disgrace” from the perspective of a child who has failed to get his way, I write it because it is just that, the House of Commons has told the British people that it has the right to decide the matter and not them.

The Government has said that there is no need for a referendum because the Constitution and the Treaty are not the same whilst every other EU Leader says that they are. There has been no attempt by this jaded wreck of a government to explain by instance and example just why it is different just mumbled “Red Lines” which we have experienced before over “Working Time” directives being bought in by the back door under “Health & Safety”. Also whether Blair of Brown, this bunch are the same people who were responsible for the “Dodgy Dossier” on Iraq, as liars they have form.

Scare Tactics

It Gordon Brown truly thinks that whilst we are capable of stop scrapping our knuckles long enough to elect him but, far too stupid to understand the EU Constitution, he might have given us the comfort by saying that if Brussels betrayed our Red Lines in anyway, he would call a referendum on the UK’s continued membership. No, al we got was the old “frighten them ploy” with the EU minister who was complete of course with the mandatory Scottish accent – does he also have a wife, brother or sister in the Government ? How like a banana republic run on nepotism we have become. He said 3 million British jobs relied on our being in the EU, to which the probable answer is that about 12 million EU jobs rely on us whether we are in or out, it is a two way street.

This statement alone underlines how little belief this Government has in us the British people and themselves which, in the latter case, I totally agree with them because they are the dregs and detritus of 10 years of Labour.

Being British or, of British Origins

It was said that having lost an Empire, Britain drifted aimlessly until it joined the Common Market. However, the real problem was that our political leaders and people like yourself had lost self confidence in what it is to be British believing that the “Empire” which was very short lived, defined who and what we are which was untrue. It is the growth of democracy that defines our history along with our language and the ideas and concepts that have grown from both. Whilst many countries have produced great writers and other artists few, have ever matched the English Speaking world for both volume and depth.

Free Trade

Democracy may be rather a tedious concept in Brussels as it no doubt was in 1930′s Germany but then, democracy is a very new concept for most EU countries, few have much of a track record that goes back beyond a generation or two.

However, this is not about the economic case because Britain and the Third World we be far better off with Free Trade rather than the tariff barriers of the EU and others, remember it is this kind of thinking that led to the awful CAP and the denial of markets to subsistence economies which would be better for them than all the aid in the world. The real problem is that the EU lacks any democratic accountability and with 27 countries to deal with the first victim is democracy, yours mine and every other EU citizen and the Labour Party refusing to honour its own Manifesto pledge to hold a referendum reflects the EU way of doing things, book burning will no doubt follow.

Brown Hoping to Trap the Tories

Brown trying to ‘trap’ the Tories over the EU is very simply countered at little to no cost: All Cameron has to promise is that the next Tory Government will negotiate the terms of the UK changing its relationship to the EU.

It would then allow a 6 month “campaign” where both cases and their implications would be put to the electorate before a binding referendum is held on whether we stay or go – end of. As a ploy, it sidesteps the whole split thing within the Tory Party, travels over ground Brown cannot follow and puts the squeeze on Brussels. Come the time to renegotiate to a “Trade Only” deal, if they offer crap terms, the UK electors will put the boot in and we go, if they offer good terms, the other 26 EU countries would also benefit.

Yesterday was a bad day for democracy in the United Kingdom.