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.













