Did Bill Cash accuse Government of treason?

Just been reading through the Hansard record of a speech given in the House of Commons last night by Conservative MP Bill Cash.

Mr. Cash is attempting to introduce a Sovereignty Bill (before David Cameron does) to reassert the sovereignty of our Parliament above that of the European Empire.

Mr. Cash made some very good points, and we particularly liked his use of Shakespeare / John of Gaunt.

But where we are most impressed with Mr. Cash is on his short paragraph overlapping columns 815/816 (almost at the foot of the page on the link above).

He stood up in the House of Commons and said:

"The problem is now acute, because, although the European Court of Justice has asserted its claims for more than 40 years in the cases of Handelsgesellschaft, Van Gend en Loos and Costa v. ENEL, those were but puny assertions until the enactment of the Lisbon treaty, which the Government have treacherously driven through. That treaty includes declaration 19, which gives guidance to our courts and others and which asserts and affirms the case law of the European Court. That case law involves the Court asserting its jurisdiction over not only our laws and law-making, but our constitution, which belongs to the British people, the voters at the ballot boxes and no one else."

See that?

"...which the Government have treacherously driven through"

Now, the dictionary has two possible meanings for "treachery". The first is "a trick" and the second is... the act of treason.

In both cases, we believe Mr. Cash's use of the word was appropriate and accurate.

And we congratulate him for being brave enough to say what he did.

And see this:

"our constitution..."

Yes, because just like this blogger, Mr. Cash is intelligent enough to know that we, the people of Britain DO have a constitution, no matter what New Labour might have you believe.

Here we go again:

"...our constitution, which belongs to the British people, the voters at the ballot boxes and no one else"

Thank you, Mr. Cash. In recognising all of the above, you have gone up in our estimation tenfold and for this alone, we hope your constituents return you to Parliament with a very handsome majority.

One honourable Member of Parliament found, six hundred and forty-five to go...

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The Shakespeare passage, selected lines of which were used in the speech by Mr. Cash, was from Act II, Scene I of Richard II

This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,
This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings,
Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth,
Renowned for their deeds as far from home,
For Christian service and true chivalry,
As is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry,
Of the world's ransom, blessed Mary's Son,
This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land,
Dear for her reputation through the world,
Is now leased out, I die pronouncing it,
Like to a tenement or pelting farm:
England, bound in with the triumphant sea
Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege
Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame,
With inky blots and rotten parchment bonds:
That England, that was wont to conquer others,
Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.
Ah, would the scandal vanish with my life,
How happy then were my ensuing death!