Twelve lords a-leaping, eleven eu-sceptics cheering, and a partridge in a pear tree...

It's been an interesting few weeks for those of us who want our country's sovereignty back from Brussels.

On the one hand, events have generated hope that the whole Tower of Babel that is the European Empire might come crashing to the floor.

Yet at the same time, this might be one giant con and actually be a cynical ploy to give us even more remote, unaccountable, undemocratic governance that our self-serving political class will commit treason to ensure gets through.

So - with snow, failed World Cup bids, a nationwide hatred of Nick Clegg and rampaging students Marxist Youth thugs dominating headlines, there's an awful lot of European Empire stuff that you might have missed out on.

Much of it has involved how much it is all costing us to be dictated to.

That's right... how much it's costing us. Are you listening and reading students Marxist Youth thugs..?

We might be able to afford all of the university places (and to heat our own homes) if our self-serving political class would stop lining their own pockets through treachery, listen to the people, and get us our country back.

Douglas Carswell volunteers the line: "Our politicians should be asking themselves whether they want to keep handing our money to Brussels or use it to provide decent public services here."

As should the student Marxist thugs smashing up the place.

John Redwood has started dropping the pretence exhibited by his 649 House of Commons colleagues and now openly admits that the Parliament in which he sits is nowt but a pantomime charade. Not explicitly. But watch what he does with this blog post title: "Meanwhile, our European government fumbles the big issues".

Spot it? "...our European government..."

In the same blog post, he lists a whole swathe of major proposals that the Brussels dictatorship have been discussing - before lamenting and pointing out to the British public, some of whom still labour under the mistaken belief that we live in a democracy, that: "None of this was reported back to the UK Parliament in an oral statement or debate, yet all of it is fundamental to our economic futures."

No wonder the Daily Express tells us that: "MORE than 100,000 people have signed up to the Daily Express’s crusade for Britain to quit the European Union."

Earlier in the week, the same newspaper told us that: "NEARLY two thirds of Britons believe our country has been damaged by membership of the European Union, an opinion poll revealed last night."

We have yet to discover whether the minority who differ from that view are avid X Factor viewers or people living in fluoridated water areas.

The Slog - always a fascinating and intelligent read (even if no great fan of UKIP) - comes up with a brilliant bit of data from the latest DEFRA reports and finds that: "The Common Agricultural Policy costs us a whopping £17 billion in 2009."

More importantly: "...that is more than the total value of UK agricultural output."

Better Off Out also has a great bit of analysis and finds that the twin evils of the European Empire and the fake climate fascists combine to make a formidable opponent for families and it has - in our view - particular implications for low income pensioners at risk of dying of pneumonia this winter.

They write: "Thanks to the European Union trying to boost its green credentials, the average family could be paying up to 18% more in energy costs according to a report on green policies by Civitas."

The God of the extreme leftists - the lesser spotted economic guru (ha! ha!) and New World Order agent Gordon Brown has popped up on the BBC. They tell us that: "Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he fears the euro will face a "high noon" moment of reckoning early in the New Year."

By design, Gordon? You seem to know a lot about the New World Order and it was you who wanted a constitution for global governance. What have your weirdo New World Order pals got planned for us all, then?

Back to John Redwood for another interesting statement which we merely highlight - bold text is our emphasis: "Of course I do not want to see the Irish economy go down, but I do not happen to think that lending the country lots of money at that juncture, as a result of a crisis deliberately created by the European Central Bank, was a terribly good way to behave."

Perhaps Gordon has simply been busy reading the Daily Mail. If he had, he would find that: "The Euro is at risk of collapse as economic crisis sweeps the continent, Britain’s independent Treasury watchdog warned last night."

In a separate BBC report, Gordon Brown pops up again. Wonder why it's only the BBC who can find him? Anyway, according to them: "Gordon Brown has said he was prepared to quit as Chancellor soon after Labour took office in 1997 if the government decided to join the euro."

Don't believe you. From the man who wanted a New World Order and a constitution for the global economy? And from the man who signed the Lisbon Treaty alongside the treacherous Miliband git?

Naff off Gordon. Resign? Nobody voted for you in the first place and when the electorate kicked you out, your hands needed to be metaphorically prised from their vice-like grip of the door frame of Number Ten. Resign? Over surrendering a part of British sovereignty? Pah! Must be a panto gag...

As ever, the will of the people is not to be taken into consideration on anything. Open Europe picks up on a report from the Irish Times which reveals that a draft amendment to the hated Lisbon Treaty has been seen - "which would allow for the establishment of a permanent crisis resolution mechanism for the eurozone" (and no doubt cost we, the people another few hundred billion to keep the political class and their project happy) - and they're already planning the avoidance of a new referendum in Ireland.

Nope, don't ask the Irish. They might say no. Again. Especially now that they can see that they're screwed after enjoying less than one hundred years as an independent nation. They must answer to their Brussels masters forever more now.

Was that hat-trick of Eurovision winners worth it, one asks...

Talking of Ireland, the Daily Mail reports the worrying news that: "The cost to UK taxpayers of rescuing the Irish economy could exceed £7billion, the Chancellor said yesterday. George Osborne admitted the handout may exceed initial Treasury estimates – and refused to rule out further help for other failing EU states."

Wonder how many University places that £7billion-plus would buy the rampaging students Marxist thugs?

It's been a tough week for William Hague, talking rubbish about his pathetic and meaningless smokescreen of a 'referendum lock'. The Daily Express pointed out that, during Pantomime Parliament debate, Hague "faced a barrage of criticism from leading Euro-sceptics on all sides."

In a separate article, Open Europe also takes issue with William Hague. They point to an answer that he gave in the Pantomime Parliament about opt-ins to European Empire legislation in which he argued that because: "there are 30 to 40 proposals per annum, it is not possible to place a primary legislative lock or parliamentary resolution requirement on the exercise of the opt in."

Open Europe - rightly - countered that by pointing out: "William Hague seems to argue that ‘there is so much being agreed in the EU and as a government we need time to consider it all’. But this isn't an argument against giving Parliament ex ante control over this area - on the contrary, it's a strong argument in favour of it! Precisely because that is the case, we need more democratic control."

Ahh, but this is the 'eurosceptic' Conservative Party... who are neither 'eurosceptic' or particularly conservative.

Alex Singleton for the Daily Telegraph reports how: "...one Tory politician, who was on David Cameron’s A-List of priority candidates before the last election, told me that his chances of winning over a constituency association would increase dramatically if he joined the Better Off Out campaign, but that Conservative Campaign Headquarters would blacklist him if he did that."

...because constituents, voters, representation of the people, you and I... none of that matters to the political class who see the European Empire as a lovely place to go and have their egos massaged and feather their own back pockets.

Ka-ching!

European Empire loving Nick Clegg and his Parliamentary Fib Dems don't have it any easier as Angus Reid's much discussed poll finds that: "42% of Lib Dem voters would vote for the UK to leave the EU in a referendum... against only 31% who said they want Britain to stay."

Yes, the European Empire is so hated in Britain that even the Lib Dem voters want out.

They won't get their wishes granted. No matter how much they might 'want to talk to Nick.' (you know, Nick Clegg, most hated man in Britain).

If you thought our 'Pantomime Parliament' line was a little strong, a worthwhile read is Graham Stewart's article: 'Is Parliament or the EU or the UK Supreme Court the ultimate legal authority on British sovereignty?' over on Critical Reaction - the second home of Lord Tebbit on the worldwide web.

And if you thought all of this European Empire defying report coverage was typical of a 'Little Englander'... well now, it seems that Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker is now accusing the Germans of being "un-European".

It is Open Europe - who do their job brilliantly - who again pick up on this story, citing a leader from FAZ which hits back, arguing: "apparently it is un-European to raise taboos. Is it however European to bend EU treaties and to break the ban on bailouts?"

Do the European Empire flout public opinion and break their own rules while failing to have had their accounts signed off for a record breaking number of consecutive years?

Is the Pope a Catholic?

So, can we find anyone else who wants to hate on the European Empire? Yup. My fellow cigarette smokers are telling the Brussels dictatorati where to shove their anti-smoking fascist proclamations.

So, there we go. Enough European Empire codswallop (don't tell the Spanish fishermen) to keep EU-sceptics busy across the twelve days of Christmas.

And if this is Christmas, I wish it could be Christmas every day...