Not Liberal, Not Democrats

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A vote for the Liberal Democrats at the European Parliament elections on 4th June is a vote to bully the Irish people into reversing their clear 'No' vote to the Lisbon Treaty.

That's the message being sent by Lib Dem MEP for the South West Graham Watson, according to this recent article in the Irish Times.

As the leader of the Liberal group of MEPs in the European Parliament, Watson has pledged to help the Irish government fund a 'Yes' campaign in favour of the Lisbon Treaty for the outrageous repeat referendum, expected this autumn.

In response, the Democracy Movement's new 'Not Liberal - Not Democrats' campaign will remind voters in the run up to 4th June vote and beyond right through to the next general election that the Lib Dems are:

NOT LIBERAL

- South West MEP Graham Watson was a driving force behind the EU Arrest Warrant, which allows British citizens to be taken to face trial in another EU member country without evidence of a crime first having to be presented in court - over-riding a fundamental legal safeguard of individual liberty called Habeas Corpus;

- East of England MEP Andrew Duff had a leading role in drafting the EU's so-called Charter of Fundamental Rights. Article 52 of the Charter sinisterly authorises "limitations" of basic rights is doing so is deemed in the "general interest" of the EU. The Charter is given legal force in the Lisbon Treaty, which Lib Dem MPs voted to approve;

- the Lisbon Treaty also gives more "operational" powers to the EU's police force Europol. Unlike our own police, Europol officers have immunity from criminal prosecution;

- Lib Dem MPs have voted to approve successive EU treaties giving more powers to the EU. The result is increasingly authoritarian EU laws like the recent communications data retention directive. This intrusive move requires the recording of data about every email we send and every website we visit;

NOT DEMOCRATS

- the Lib Dems are working to ensure the result of Ireland's democratic vote against the Lisbon Treaty is ignored. In February last year, Lib Dem MEPs voted against a motion to respect the Irish referendum result. In March this year, Liberal MEP group leader Graham Watson pledged to use taxpayers' money he and his colleagues will gain from the European Parliament to help fund efforts to bully the Irish people into reversing their clear 'No' vote;

- despite supporting multiple Irish referendums, here in Britain the Lib Dems did what it took at every step in the Lisbon Treaty's progress through Parliament to prevent us being given the referendum they promised us at the last general election. The Lib Dems helped Gordon Brown force the treaty through without giving us a say by abstaining on a referendum in the Commons and voting against one in the Lords.

- the Lib Dems also want us to scrap the pound and join the euro. This would place major elements of control over the economy, such as over interest rates and exchange rates, completely beyond the influence of anyone we elect.

Please join this campaign and help to expose the truth about the 'Not Liberal - Not Democrats'.