Article: Superpowers 'eroding government' ; Gordon Brown signed and ratified the Lisbon Treaty secretly and hurriedly on July 16 before judgement was reached on his legal right to do so.

Gordon Brown signed and ratified the Lisbon Treaty secretly and hurriedly on July 16 before judgement was reached on his legal right to do so.

The result of that judgement was announced later in Mr Brown's favour. It was also announced the promise made by MPs in their manifesto, for example, promising a people's referendum, was not legally binding, no matter how often it was repeated.

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