European Constitution - from the horses mouth

Gisela Stauart was a Labour government representative on the EU group that drew up the EU Constitution so she knows what is what regarding this matter. She says that it is clear from the text of the Treaty that the European Council, see my earlier article, will get massively increased powers and that it will be the body that used to meet "in order to co-ordinate the interest of the nation states" will now become "the body where heads of state meet... subordinate to the union's interests". She claimed that ministers (which must include the Prime Minister) are either being "deliberately disingenuous or ill-informed" when they claim the treaty is not substantial enough to merit a referendum.

A rare show of independence of thought from a Labour MP, I wish there were more like her.