QUOTE OF THE MONTH

'Indeed the entire history of the relentless expansion of the EU's powers since we joined what was then the Common Market in 1973 has been a tale of brazen deceit, broken promises and disenfranchisement of the electorate by all three major political parties.

Remember Labour's 2005 manifesto pledge on the new European Constitution? "We will put it to the British people in a referendum." Nothing, surely, could have been more unequivocal. Yet when it came to signing the Lisbon Treaty, in which the new constitution was enshrined, Gordon Brown conveniently forgot about it. Or, rather, he fobbed off the public with the monstrous lie that Lisbon (referred to in official documents as "the Constitutional Treaty") was not, in fact, a European Constitution at all.

The Tories and Lib Dems were no better. Both promised explicitly to put the Constitution to a referendum. But as soon as they were in a position to do so, they smirked and said: "No point now. Lisbon's been signed."

Wherever Europe is concerned, there's always some snivelling shyster's excuse, some weasel-worded legalistic technicality seized on by the politicians to wriggle out of their commitment to give the public their say. (And these days, when all else fails, there's always that catch-all standby: "Sorry, old boy. The Coalition agreement won't allow it.")

So it is that, one by one, the ancient powers of Britain's once sovereign Parliament, paid for by the blood of our ancestors, slip away to Brussels - into the hands of unaccountable European Commision, where voters will never be able to touch them again ...

Meanwhile in the Continent's capitals, the Europhile political class pushes its ambitions ever further, enmeshing one nation after another in its anti-democratic web.'

- a recent Daily Mail editorial.