Leadership?

The only referendum on The Treaty of Lisbon will be held in Irealnd soon and I was amused to learn that the new Irish Premier, Brian Cowen, who is calling for a "yes" vote has admitted he has not read all of the treaty, whilst Ireland's EU Commissioner, Charles McCreevy has said that no sane person could read it cover to cover. Reassuring isn't it?

The Lisbon Treaty is difficult to read but that is by design. The "powers that be" have taken the EU Constitution which was rejected by voters and all but replicated the effects of the Constitution by proposing amendments to existing legislation. This con has allowed people like Gordon Brown to claim that the constitutional process is no more whilst ignoring the fact that the Treaty will add most of the Constitutions powers to the existing legislation.