Sunday, November 25, 2007

Very brave, Mr Beazily

I have just watched the BBC Politics Show during which our local MEP Christopher Beazily ruled out a vote on the EU Constitution saying that the issue hadn't been explained and that we should trust parliamentary procedure.

Nothing about Gordon Brown's promise at the 2005 election which he subsequently broke. Nothing about the convention that major constitutional changes must be ratified by a referendum.

Blair could have forced through devolution in 1997 but he chose to put it to the vote because it was a constitutional issue, despite having a massive parliamentary majority. Ditto in Northern Ireland, London and even the North East of England. Yet Europe is a no-no.

Mr Beazily is, in case you've never heard of him, a Conservative MEP who will face re-selection in the next few months. Airing such views, so alien to Conservative Party members, so close to his re-selection? In the words of Sir Humphrey ... "very brave" ...

3 comments:

Iain Dale said...

Antony, you will be delighted to learn that Beazley won't be standing again.

Anonymous said...

Don't trust the people of Europe, only the few good Europeans in Brussels. Therefore, don't tell anybody about www.FreeEurope.info, where the bad guys can have a say..

Anonymous said...

I think Sir Humpherey would have called his comments "courageous"