Article: What part of 'no' does Brown not understand? ; Following the Lords decision to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, Gordon Brown appears to have succeeded in getting his way with the ratification of this dreadful treaty that has huge implications for Britain.

Following the Lords decision to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, Gordon Brown appears to have succeeded in getting his way with the ratification of this dreadful treaty that has huge implications for Britain.

Brown has not had the guts to grant the British people a referendum, even after Labour promised in its 2005 manifesto that we would have one on the original Constitutional treaty, which is identical to Lisbon. This dictatorship attitude is appalling and should have no place in a democratic country like Britain.

He has also shown total contempt to the Irish people by continuing in getting this treaty ratified in Britain, knowing very well that under the rules the treaty is technically dead now ...

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