It seems that the EU "has many faults". No kidding. The party faithful were delighted by that extraordinarily courageous statement. Gosh, how brave. Shows that the coalition government and its Foreign Secretary will stand up for British interests. The fact that so far they have done nothing of the kind seems to have escaped their attention.
Then we got the usual verbiage about locking a referendum into place for any future major transfer of power.
The sovereignty clause will be inserted into the forthcoming EU bill, which will also provide a 'referendum lock' requiring a public vote before more powers are transferred from London to Brussels.Indeed. Please pay attention. There will be no referendum on EU membership and all that has already been agreed on will be handed over without the slightest peep coming out of the Cleggeron Coalition and its benighted Foreign Secretary. Really worth applauding
"A sovereignty clause on EU law will place on the statute book this eternal truth: what a sovereign parliament can do, a sovereign parliament can also undo," Mr Hague said, to applause.
"It will not alter the existing order in relation to EU law. But it will put the matter beyond speculation."
Some interesting data on Lab and Con membership numbers here: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/neilobrien1/100057961/are-both-the-conservative-and-labour-parties-collapsing-and-if-so-why/
ReplyDeleteHe links to an article on Conservative Home, but I'd prefer not to besmirch your comments with a link to them. ;)
Oh I realized from other people that ToryBoy blog had an item on the subject. Why would anyone join a political party? With those fake primaries Conservative members don't even get a say in who the candidate might be.
ReplyDeleteAnother article on the same subject from the old timers at Critical Reaction: http://www.critical-reaction.co.uk/2768/06-10-2010-a-big-chief-but-not-many-indians
ReplyDeleteHe appears to have a good grasp on the problem, but little in the way of suggested solutions.