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The Spectator says: So that's it then.  The Lisbon Treaty has passed sucessfully through Parliament,
despite an 11th-hour Tory effort to delay proceedings.  The UK
now joins a merry band of 19 EU countries which have all ratified the
document.

It's a gross betrayal of the 'No' vote in the Irish referendum.  The noise coming out of Downing Street
is that it doesn't want a two-tier Europe, and it will attempt to
terminate the Treaty should Ireland – or any of the other 27 countries
- drop out of proceedings.  That's better than the “forget the Irish”
standpoint that some countries have.  But it's still less than
noble.  After all, as more and more countries ratify the Treaty, the
pressure will surely mount on the Irish government to follow suit -
thereby overriding the will of its people.

But, more pertinently, it's also a gross betrayal of the British
people.  

We were promised a referendum; we wanted a referendum; and we
probably would have joined the Irish in saying 'No'.  But what did we
get instead?  A broken promise; no referendum; and a Government which
said 'Yes'.

As Cameron told Brown: This is not a treaty that Britain wanted or needed – it's a treaty
you were so ashamed of you had to sign it in a room all on your own

I now go on record to say that you have not done this in my name, and I shall continue to oppose this.

When it is apparent that so many people, who like myself oppose this treaty, it is abundantly clear that the only way it can be held together is by force. I therefore beg her most gracious Majesty not to give this bill the Royal Assent.

However, as is most likely Royal Assent will be given and this will pass into law. I fully expect in the months and years ahead many of the draconian laws passed by this government under the guise of anti terror legislation will now be used on the wider population in order to force us to accept the massive changes in the UK. With ratification the need to be politically cautious no longer exists.

They will now come rapidly, like a whirlwind of new restrictive regulation and petty rules, the final breaking up of England, giving the nine new regions legislative abilities with punitive powers for non conformity metered out by SOCA and ACPO, all with little regard to the welfare and rights of the people.

It will be sudden and it will be ugly. In the Nations and Regions of the UK we are about to find out how the East Germans lived for 40 years.

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The Spectator says: So that's it then.  The Lisbon Treaty has passed sucessfully through Parliament,
despite an 11th-hour Tory effort to delay proceedings.  The UK
now joins a merry band of 19 EU countries which have all ratified the
document.

It's a gross betrayal of the 'No' vote in the Irish referendum.  The noise coming out of Downing Street
is that it doesn't want a two-tier Europe, and it will attempt to
terminate the Treaty should Ireland – or any of the other 27 countries
- drop out of proceedings.  That's better than the “forget the Irish”
standpoint that some countries have.  But it's still less than
noble.  After all, as more and more countries ratify the Treaty, the
pressure will surely mount on the Irish government to follow suit -
thereby overriding the will of its people.

But, more pertinently, it's also a gross betrayal of the British
people.  

We were promised a referendum; we wanted a referendum; and we
probably would have joined the Irish in saying 'No'.  But what did we
get instead?  A broken promise; no referendum; and a Government which
said 'Yes'.

As Cameron told Brown: This is not a treaty that Britain wanted or needed – it's a treaty
you were so ashamed of you had to sign it in a room all on your own

I now go on record to say that you have not done this in my name, and I shall continue to oppose this.

When it is apparent that so many people, who like myself oppose this treaty, it is abundantly clear that the only way it can be held together is by force. I therefore beg her most gracious Majesty not to give this bill the Royal Assent.

However, as is most likely Royal Assent will be given and this will pass into law. I fully expect in the months and years ahead many of the draconian laws passed by this government under the guise of anti terror legislation will now be used on the wider population in order to force us to accept the massive changes in the UK. With ratification the need to be politically cautious no longer exists.

They will now come rapidly, like a whirlwind of new restrictive regulation and petty rules, the final breaking up of England, giving the nine new regions legislative abilities with punitive powers for non conformity metered out by SOCA and ACPO, all with little regard to the welfare and rights of the people.

It will be sudden and it will be ugly. In the Nations and Regions of the UK we are about to find out how the East Germans lived for 40 years.

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There's been reams written about it, a forest of paper and a lake of
ink taken up in newsprint, but since the Irish voted 'No' to Lisbon,
one phrase keeps coming to the fore. This little quote is taken from Deutche Welle.

The EU executive has commissioned a survey to try and find out what went wrong in Ireland.

I'll tell you what went wrong in Ireland: Nothing.

It
was a process of democracy. There is no right or wrong answer, merely
an outcome. It may be outcome that you do not agree with, but that does
not mean it is wrong. I am thankful that it is an outcome that I find
favourable, but make no mistake had the vote been 'Yes' I would have
accepted the outcome as the democratic decision of the Irish people.

I
fail to understand why this is so difficult for people to grasp. We had
it only a few weeks ago when Boris won the London Mayoral election,
those with Labour sympathies were bemoaning the death of democracy and
the electorate making the wrong decision.

No, No, No. Not the
death of democracy, indeed quite the reverse, an indication that on the
occasions when the old war horse is led out of the stable she is as
energetic and vital as ever. Not the wrong decision, merely an outcome
that is not to your liking.

Unfortunately the wishes of the
Irish public would appear to amount to nought. Al-Beeb is trotting out
the line that only 3 million people voted in the whole of the EU.

That
is not a statistic to make the Irish referendum an irrelevance, it is a
damning statistic about the dictatorial nature of the EU and their
national sub-alterns that so few people have had a say on the treaty.
We in the UK have had no direct opportunity to give an opinion since
Heath and the Common Market, and we certainly didn't
vote in favour of this.

The Romanians have come out with some
swill that effectively says if people are going to vote the wrong way,
then they shouldn't be allowed to vote at all. Dangerous, dangerous
ground. Those in Eastern Europe would do well to remember what happened
to the Romanian Communist Party and their leaders.

I for one will never
forget the footage of the moment the crowd turned, Ceaucescu's look of
complete incomprehension and the military big-wigs behind him very
quietly and efficiently shitting themselves.

These dictatorial
post-war regimes lasted 40 years before the populations rose up for a
taste of democracy, here in the West we've had that taste for decades,
verging on centuries. How long will it take us to rise up? Not as long as 40 years, I'll bet..

Perhaps those in the Lords who are voting today would do well to remember Ceaucescu.

Hattip Snowolf

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There's been reams written about it, a forest of paper and a lake of
ink taken up in newsprint, but since the Irish voted 'No' to Lisbon,
one phrase keeps coming to the fore. This little quote is taken from Deutche Welle.

The EU executive has commissioned a survey to try and find out what went wrong in Ireland.

I'll tell you what went wrong in Ireland: Nothing.

It
was a process of democracy. There is no right or wrong answer, merely
an outcome. It may be outcome that you do not agree with, but that does
not mean it is wrong. I am thankful that it is an outcome that I find
favourable, but make no mistake had the vote been 'Yes' I would have
accepted the outcome as the democratic decision of the Irish people.

I
fail to understand why this is so difficult for people to grasp. We had
it only a few weeks ago when Boris won the London Mayoral election,
those with Labour sympathies were bemoaning the death of democracy and
the electorate making the wrong decision.

No, No, No. Not the
death of democracy, indeed quite the reverse, an indication that on the
occasions when the old war horse is led out of the stable she is as
energetic and vital as ever. Not the wrong decision, merely an outcome
that is not to your liking.

Unfortunately the wishes of the
Irish public would appear to amount to nought. Al-Beeb is trotting out
the line that only 3 million people voted in the whole of the EU.

That
is not a statistic to make the Irish referendum an irrelevance, it is a
damning statistic about the dictatorial nature of the EU and their
national sub-alterns that so few people have had a say on the treaty.
We in the UK have had no direct opportunity to give an opinion since
Heath and the Common Market, and we certainly didn't
vote in favour of this.

The Romanians have come out with some
swill that effectively says if people are going to vote the wrong way,
then they shouldn't be allowed to vote at all. Dangerous, dangerous
ground. Those in Eastern Europe would do well to remember what happened
to the Romanian Communist Party and their leaders.

I for one will never
forget the footage of the moment the crowd turned, Ceaucescu's look of
complete incomprehension and the military big-wigs behind him very
quietly and efficiently shitting themselves.

These dictatorial
post-war regimes lasted 40 years before the populations rose up for a
taste of democracy, here in the West we've had that taste for decades,
verging on centuries. How long will it take us to rise up? Not as long as 40 years, I'll bet..

Perhaps those in the Lords who are voting today would do well to remember Ceaucescu.

Hattip Snowolf

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There's been reams written about it, a forest of paper and a lake of
ink taken up in newsprint, but since the Irish voted 'No' to Lisbon,
one phrase keeps coming to the fore. This little quote is taken from Deutche Welle.

The EU executive has commissioned a survey to try and find out what went wrong in Ireland.

I'll tell you what went wrong in Ireland: Nothing.

It
was a process of democracy. There is no right or wrong answer, merely
an outcome. It may be outcome that you do not agree with, but that does
not mean it is wrong. I am thankful that it is an outcome that I find
favourable, but make no mistake had the vote been 'Yes' I would have
accepted the outcome as the democratic decision of the Irish people.

I
fail to understand why this is so difficult for people to grasp. We had
it only a few weeks ago when Boris won the London Mayoral election,
those with Labour sympathies were bemoaning the death of democracy and
the electorate making the wrong decision.

No, No, No. Not the
death of democracy, indeed quite the reverse, an indication that on the
occasions when the old war horse is led out of the stable she is as
energetic and vital as ever. Not the wrong decision, merely an outcome
that is not to your liking.

Unfortunately the wishes of the
Irish public would appear to amount to nought. Al-Beeb is trotting out
the line that only 3 million people voted in the whole of the EU.

That
is not a statistic to make the Irish referendum an irrelevance, it is a
damning statistic about the dictatorial nature of the EU and their
national sub-alterns that so few people have had a say on the treaty.
We in the UK have had no direct opportunity to give an opinion since
Heath and the Common Market, and we certainly didn't
vote in favour of this.

The Romanians have come out with some
swill that effectively says if people are going to vote the wrong way,
then they shouldn't be allowed to vote at all. Dangerous, dangerous
ground. Those in Eastern Europe would do well to remember what happened
to the Romanian Communist Party and their leaders.

I for one will never
forget the footage of the moment the crowd turned, Ceaucescu's look of
complete incomprehension and the military big-wigs behind him very
quietly and efficiently shitting themselves.

These dictatorial
post-war regimes lasted 40 years before the populations rose up for a
taste of democracy, here in the West we've had that taste for decades,
verging on centuries. How long will it take us to rise up? Not as long as 40 years, I'll bet..

Perhaps those in the Lords who are voting today would do well to remember Ceaucescu.

Hattip Snowolf

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