13 December, 2007

The Treatitution

So, it's been signed. I've said before that we must keep this scandal on the front pages, so let's remember first that it is Milliband, a weak euro-groupy, who has signed it (just in case he has prime ministerial ambitions later).

As for Gordon Brown, someone (a Scotsman, natch, describing himself as Europe Minister) was trying to defend him on World at One and in answer to the question wasn't this a bit of a stitch up could only say he wasn't the PM's diary secretary. It is now clear that Brown didn't want to sign because he didn't want to be in THAT photograph, recorded for posterity. In response to criticism, particularly from the excellent Sun, he went to sign it but too late to be part of the ceremony. Someone from the select committee said they weren't too strict about dates if it was something important (and presumably a treaty giving away large areas of Britain's sovereignty is important). So Brown has bottled, bitten his fingernails and then half-bottled. What a weak man. At least Chamberlain was sincere; this must be the lowest standard of person we have ever had in the job (against some pretty stiff competition).

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