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2008-08-11 01:00:41

“Britain–still a sovereign nation, I believe…”
Well, up to a point:
UK to Hand Sovereignty to EU without Referendum
“One thousand years of British history have been extinguished without a shot being fired.”
By Hilary White
“Britain–still a sovereign nation, I believe…”
Well, up to a point:
UK to Hand Sovereignty to EU without Referendum
“One thousand years of British history have been extinguished without a shot being fired.”
By Hilary White
LONDON, March 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Britain’s MPs voted yesterday to deny the public a referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon, the European Union’s substitute for the Constitution that failed in 2005 after being defeated by Dutch and French plebiscites. The House of Commons vote, 311 to 248 – a majority of 63 – defeated a Conservative amendment that would have allowed the British public a say in whether the treaty would come into effect in the country. Commentators and activists fighting the issue have called the vote yesterday in the House of Commons the effective end of British sovereignty.”