Wednesday 12 December 2007

A Proper Labour Rebellion Over Europe

Will this re-ignite the never wholly extinguished fire of Euroscepticism on the Labour Soft Left?

Well, it might do. But what really should is the EU Constitreaty, as it certainly will if someone (SNP? DUP?) puts down an amendment which does not mention a referendum, but rather simply rejects the thing itself on principle.

What on earth would Michael Heseltine's mini-me do then, with no diversionary tactic of calling for a referendum which he knows isn't going to happen? Vote against the Constitreaty itself? Hardly! So save it on the floor of the House, then, since it would certainly be lost there otherwise?

Come on Salmond and Paisley, you're still being paid as MPs, so you might as well earn it for a change.

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