Celebrations ... Gordon Brown
Posted on 10/20/2007 1:33:50 AM PDT by Stoat
Celebrations ... Gordon Brown
GRINNING Gordon Brown joined in champagne celebrations yesterday after surrendering huge swathes of British power to Brussels for good.
The PM hailed the Great British giveaway as a “brilliant” deal as he took part in a back-slapping party with EU leaders.
He once again ruled out a referendum for the British people – as Tony Blair became hot favourite to be the EU’s first permanent President with a £250,000-a-year salary and an army of officials funded by the taxpayer.
He was backed by Mr Brown – who described him as a “great candidate” – and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who said Mr Blair was the most pro-European Brit.
Mr Brown was caught on camera as the bubbly flowed in the early hours of yesterday to celebrate the Lisbon Treaty.
The Treaty sets up the first permanent EU President and a new EU foreign minister who will take the place of our own elected Foreign Secretary at some key global summits.
It means the surrender of Britain’s veto in 61 areas of policy and leaves the UK open to EU dictats from Brussels.
Mr Brown was heard praising the work of Portugal’s PM Jose Socrates, saying: “You’ve done brilliantly. We’re very proud of you.
“You did very well, that was very difficult. I don’t know how you managed it but that was a great success.”
The deal was stitched up over a dinner of fillet of sole and chocolate cake on Thursday night. Mr Brown refused to drink any champagne himself to avoid being caught toasting the deal with a glass.
But he was surrounded by some of his 26 fellow EU heads of government as the corks popped.
Labour MP Kate Hoey fumed: “If he is so pleased with this agreement and it is so wonderful, then the people of this country should have the right to decide.”
Yesterday Mr Brown tried to kill criticism by promising to block any more power grabs for a decade. He claimed he had been “totally vigilant” over protecting Britain’s interests.
But by doing so he accepted the new Treaty IS a major change to the way Britain is run – sparking fresh referendum demands.
He will now force the Treaty through Parliament by next Spring, forcing three months of bitter Commons and Lords wrangling.
The UK throws away the Magna Carta for Marx.
yitbos
Read post #17 comments. This is how the real people of Britain feel. Some of the best comments I have read. It gives hope.
It is like they are fighting like we are.If the common people of all these countries get together and revolt, the NWO will never make it.
The Socialist/New Labour Party has a 66 man majority in Commons, enough to carry even losing a few Labour votes.
While a majority of Brits favor a referrendum, a majority say they would vote to give up sovereignty to EU.
yitbos
From the article:
Only 49 per cent now think that Mr Brown is the best man to represent them.
Double the favorable rating of President Bush at the moment.
Very sad indeed. :-(
Such is the strength of the siren song of Socialism.
BUMP
Just because in the past Parliament was able to pass treaties giving the EU (or what would become the EU) power over the national government (such as Maastricht) without referenda doesn't make that the proper decision.
The same thing is happening in the US of A on a daily if not hourly basis.
Perhaps not in the same manner, but the end results will be the same.
Our males are being feminized, our females are being masculinized, and both are being homosexualized. More and more people each day are demanding that the Government do everything necessary to take care of them from the cradle to the grave.
On a daily basis more peope are deciding that they would rather live as slaves to the Government than as free people.
Exactamundo!
The North American Union keeps on chugging along towards implementation with our dear elected "leaders" doing all they can to help it along by throwing open the borders and letting anyone and everyone come in and go out as they please.
All hail the New World Order and the One World Government!
Can’t the Queen dissolve Parliament? If so, what would happen then, would there have to be new government elections?
disgusting .... so much for Britannia
That would be a rather autocratic thing to do, seeing as normally the Prime Minister has to ask the Queen to dissolve parliament. Although technically you’re right she could.
I wonder if she’d pass up the chance to have tea with the man who completed the destruction of the British Empire...
When Britain first, at heaven's command,
Arose from out the azure main,
This was the charter of the land,
And guardian angels sung this strain:
'Rule, Britannia, rule the waves;
Britons never will be slaves.'
Cameron is an idiot, and has zero chance at power.
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