Conservatives publish draft EU referendum bill

Oh what a beautiful morning! Oh what a beautiful day! Sorry, we're still celebrating the end of that vile cow Jacqui Smith's reign of terror. Doesn't freedom have a lovely feeling? If it feels this good, imagine what it'll feel like when we finally get chance to vote the rest of her fascist party out of our faces. Bye bye ZaNuLiebour!! Hello freedom and civil liberties!!

Anyway, we digress... this is actually a post about the Conservative Party and their plans for the New World Order... did we say that? We meant the European Union, obviously.

For today, the Conservatives have published a draft legislative bill which they hope will give the British people the referendum that virtually all MPs promised us on the EU Constitution, but then denied to us.

The way we're understanding it, the Conservatives hope that if the Bill passes the House of Snouts (fat chance), then we could have a referendum in the UK on the same day as the Irish are forced to vote again after having their democratic decision ruled as "not the right answer, try again" by the EU.

William Hague - who always seems so much more trustworthy on the European issue than his boss Cameron - says of the draft legislation: "Gordon Brown promised the British people a referendum on the EU Constitution. The Lisbon Treaty is in effect the EU Constitution under another name, so Brown’s attempt to deny his referendum promise amounts to a calculated act of political dishonesty".

The publication of the Conservative's amendment two days before the European elections amounts to a calculated act of political opportunism, but is at least a step in the right direction.

A couple of days ago, The Talking Clock gave a big thumbs down to Cameron after he said publicly that he supports our continuing membership of the EU. We like to be fair, so we should quote what he has to say on the matter today. Speaking to the BBC, he said the Conservatives: "...believe in being members of the EU but we want it to be more about trade and co-operation rather than this endless process of building a superstate".

Such an opinion curries more favour with this blog, but Cameron will still not say what he will do if the Lisbon Treaty is in force when he gets the keys to Number 10. All the Tories will say is that if it is in place by then, they will "not let matters rest".

Cameron was pushed today to elaborate on that. He said: "What I mean by that is that too much power will have been passed to Brussels from Westminster. I want some of that power back."

Sounds like an invocation of Thatcher, rolling into Europe and demanding: "I want my money back". But Cameron is hardly Maggie, is he? And on what basis does he think that the lone nation of Britain might get it's power back? Isn't this just a crowd pleasing soundbite until it's explained?

We're not alone in asking about this. We want to know. So does The Telegraph. So do the BBC.

Sorry Dave. Step in the right direction... perhaps. But you still have plenty of questions to answer.

In the meanwhile, every citizen should go back to their MP and demand they support the Tory amending legislative tool. The politicos are pooping their pants that we think (think?) they're all corrupt, self-serving liars. What a good time to ask them to stick to their manifesto commitment.

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In other news, a ComRes survey for The Independent has found that the Conservative Party's strongest support is now amongst the 18-24 age range. That will no doubt upset the socialists who were praying that Conservative supporters were getting so old they might just die out...