We'll have to do a bit more research on this later this evening, but the Conservative Party website is reporting that the German Constitutional Court has SUSPENDED ratification of the Lisbon Treaty.
In their ruling, the German court has stated what we all knew all along - the treaty gives up even more national powers.
If all they have done is to throw a temporary spanner in the works, then we still sing 'hallelujah' and shout 'thank you!' to the people of Germany.
It gives us hope of a General Election in Britain (in lieu of the referendum they all promised us in their manifestos, of course) before Gormless and his New World Order loving cronies gift any more of our sovereignty to faceless bureaucrats who - like half of the ZaNuLiebour Cabinet - are unelected.
The Germans saving the British from a European dictatorial superstate - now there's a turn up for the books.
UPDATE: It seems the German court decision is somewhat complex. It appears from this BBC News report that in order to meet the German constitution criteria, the German Parliament has to bring in legislation to make sure that the German Parliament gets a say in EU proposals which tilt the balance of power from the nation state. We'll keep looking for more analysis of what today's decision means, but in the short term, it is at least a temporary delay to the relentless drive towards a federal European superstate. For the next couple of months anyway.
In Ireland we trust...
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