Sold Out!

The British House of Commons has yesterday, as widely reported (and not exactly unexpectedly) voted-down the Conservative motion for a referendum on the EU Constitution Treaty.

This, if fully ratified, would mean that the original Constitution (carefully re-worded and re-cast to make it look like something significantly different, though few have been fooled) will be implemented without having been put to the people of this nation, despite all three main political parties' manifesto promises.

We have, as a nation, been sold out to the Eurocrats.

Fortunately the story doesn't end here, as the next stage is in "another place" -- the House of Lords. What will happen next looks like a different story, probably involving a degree of "ping-pong" (where each House sends its comments and proposals to the other House, back and forth a few times). Some months hence, the issue will come up for a final decision. It looks like the Lords will be favourable toward holding a referendum.

Therefore, the referendum isn't necessarily dead, and all of us campaigning for one should not let up just yet.

Keep the pressure on!