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  PM: Surrender to EU ‘brilliant’ Celebrations ... Gordon Brown From GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON Political Editor, in Lisbon 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...

A draft constitution was previously rejected by French and Dutch voters Legal experts from the 27 countries of the European Union have agreed on a draft reform treaty. The treaty is set to replace the defunct European constitution rejected by French and Dutch voters. Portugal, which holds the EU presidency until the end of the year, hopes to get agreement on the treaty at an EU summit in Lisbon later this month. Possible domestic opposition to the treaty in Poland and Britain mean they may present the biggest hurdles. The treaty aims to streamline the workings of the EU...

  Greatest threat since WW2 September 24, 2007         BRITAIN’S destiny is at stake today. Gordon Brown is about to sign an EU Constitution that would change for ever the way we are governed. Brown promised us a referendum in his campaign to become PM. Now he’s giving two fingers to Britain.In 1940 Winston Churchill said of the Battle Of Britain: “Never was so much owed by so many to so few.”Today The Sun launches a battle to win a referendum on the Constitution. And we echo Churchill by declaring: Never have so few decided so much for so...