Gordon Brown has claimed the European Union would rule out further integration for 10 years after EU leaders approved a new treaty.
At the close of his first European summit as Prime Minister, Mr Brown said the Government would veto any further changes to the EU's internal workings until after 2017.
So, if Turkey joined the EU (which, as far as I am aware, remains UK policy), he would veto the necessary changes to the Treaties, for example in relation to the number of MEPs the country should have and or to its weighted votes for qualified majority voting purposes (which would affect every Member State)? The same would apply if Ukraine joined or if Belgium or the UK split up.
To offer another example, suppose the European Parliament decided to end its ludicrous practice of commuting between Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg, thus saving millions of euros every year, is Gordon Brown really going to veto such a change?
The Prime Minister should have learned by now that there is nothing he can do or say to appease the ravening anti-European hordes.
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Somebody's got a fine line on Gordon's ('I think the people are stupid enough to fall for it') spin on the Scotsman site.
86. Charles1234 / 4:24pm 20 Oct 2007
Brown's red lines revealed:
He would oppose the treaty if it...
1. Allowed giant alien moon frogs to come to earth and eat the EU's asparagus mountain
2. Made Swahili the official language of the EU
3. Banned the use of loud voices by British tourists talking to waiters in Marbella
4. Straightened British-grown bananas
5. Made him lower fuel tax
On all five he successfully saw of these attacks on our sovereignty by the Albanian tea lady who came round after the plenary.
Another great result from a great Prime Minister.
He will go down as one of the greatest socialists who ever picked his nose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjHP1zyVTaI
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