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In an attempt to stem the tide of desertion from the party and undercut the UKIP vote Mr Howard has brought back into his shadow cabinet arch EUsceptic, by Tory standards, John Redwood ,who has started to frighten the moderates with his assertions that if, I mean if, the Tories were returned to power at the next election they would “try to re-negotiate any laws the party judged to be excessive” Wow what excitement!

After the attempt to ignore the results of the EU Elections and push the EU to the back burner, in the hope that we would all just be happy to discuss hospitals and the like, Mr Howard has begun to realise that it is not working so we get Tory two! the newly revived party that is going to “try to re-negotiate”, when will these people wake up, not in time for the election thats for sure.

That some people actually believe quite sincerely that we can stay in the EC and recover national sovereignty by renegotiation of the treaties, beggars belief. Have they not read the treaties have they not read the EU Constitution have they not understood what they signed up to in 1972, 1985 and 1993 do they not know that Maastricht makes it explicit that further Treaty changes must preserve and build on the acquis communautaire and any changes must also be in the spirit of the goals of the Community.

Have they not looked at the ECJ rulings

The EC legal system carries a permanent limitation of member states sovereign rights

Member states must accept all EC laws and judgements

No national law may prevail over European law even if the latter violates the national Constitution

Do they not know that under Article. 5 of the Treaty of Rome, carried forward, member states must do nothing to jeopardise the attainment of œever closer union.

Now we know why we signed up to all this, the Tories were not paying attention.