From the introduction to Notre Europe in Plan B: How to rescue the European Constitution: Europe and World Governance: As an original model of governance in an increasingly open world, the European Union has a role to play on the international scene and in matters of world governance. Notre Europe […]
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Europe’s democracies neuter themselves
The madness of parliaments’ keenly handing democratic accountability to an unaccountable bureaucracy. At least electorates are catching on now, but is it too late? read more | digg story
Read MoreConstitutions and democracy
Mark Mardell points out that the French are changing their constitution to avoid a referendum: The French politicians from both houses were meeting to change the constitution so they could go ahead with the adoption of the Treaty of Lisbon. I do wonder at the imperative among Europe’s political elite […]
Read MoreBrown and Miliband insist it’s not the same, but …
“Parts of the Lisbon Treaty, signed by Gordon Brown last month, are no different from the abandoned EU Constitution, a report by MPs has said.” And of course, most of the other leaders of EU states have admitted the Lisbon Treaty is the democratically-rejected Constitution, dressed up to sidestep democracy. […]
Read MorePrinceton: How to steal votes with Diebold voting machines.
According to Princeton University, Diebold voting machines are vulnerable to malicious software that can corrupt an election without leaving any evidence.
Read MoreX09 – Campaign for a referendum on the EU Constitution
This site campaigns for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. The Treaty is the Constitution barely disguised, we were promised a referendum and denying one is an insult to democracy. Are the Europhiles even democrats? read more | digg story
Read MoreLords vs Commons
Researching material for other posts on theyworkforyou.com (IE Hansard with bells on), and having watched a fair bit of BBC Parliament in the last couple of months, I find that the quality of information and debate in the Lords generally exceeds that in the Commons, although I concede that the […]
Read MoreThe Death of Democracy
John Redwood puts it well. I have commented there.
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