"Mr Francois: This is a really simple question: has the Minister read the elements of the Lisbon treaty that relate to defence?
Caroline Flint: I have read some of it but not all of it.
Mr Francois: What!
Caroline Flint: I have been briefed on some of it.
Caroline Flint may not have read the Treaty, but she has offered opinion on it readily: "I believe that the Lisbon treaty is good for the United Kingdom and good for Europe." "The Lisbon treaty provides a simpler, more streamlined EU." (Both House of Commons, 13 October 2008.)Caroline Flint's response may have been considered 'extraordinary' by the questioner, possibly as 'extraordinary' as I found the same revelation by Ken Clarke all those years ago.
It is perhaps ironic that such 'astonishment' is expressed by a member of a party that will be campaigning in the forthcoming European elections to remain a member of the body about which they complain!
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This is astonishing.
That someone would neglect to read the single most important document that will ever cross their desk beggars belief.
It's way beyond simple incompetence or even gross negligence. To hand over our sovereignty to Europe - and to advocate the same in Parliament - without even reading the Treaty is simple Treason.
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