Gordon Brown squanders another opportunity to keep his word
Posted, October 11, 2007 @ 17:00
Britain was let down by the Prime Minister again today as he continued to peddle his myth that the EU reform treaty is not the original, rejected Constitution.
In a week when the Labour-dominated European Scrutiny Committee concluded that the two documents are equivalent in substance, Gordon Brown, following talks with President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, continued to stick to his line that they bear little relation to each other.
He also talked a lot about safeguarding the British national interest just days after Labour chairman of the Scrutiny Committee Michael Connarty said he feared Gordon Brown's supposed red-lines would "leak like a sieve".
Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament Timothy Kirkhope MEP said:
"Only a week away from the crucial Lisbon summit, Gordon Brown today had another opportunity to genuinely stand up for Britain's national interest. Once again he blew that chance and instead continued to peddle the myth that the new reform treaty he intends to sign is not the original, rejected European Constitution.
"The national interest can only truly be served if Gordon Brown delivers on the referendum he promised the British people."