Blair's final treachery

The following is from a lead report in today's Sunday Telegraph, linked here: Whitehall officials are concerned about Mr Blair's desire to stay on and attend two major summits in June, a G8 meeting of world leaders and a European Council in Brussels.

The latter will see Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, put forward a new set of proposals for a Brussels power-grab which would not need to be endorsed by referendums in member states.

Two years ago, a formal EU constitution, signed by all member states, was scrapped after "No" votes in referendums in France and Germany. (Editors note - actually it was Holland, so much for the accuracy of modern journalism and Patrick Hennessy Political Editor of the Sunday Telegraph in particular!)

Civil servants fear Mr Blair will sign up to moves extending the 48-hour maximum working week to more people, which business believes could cost £9 billion, and plans to give European judges greater say over Britain's criminal law.

The proposals would also lead to a permanent and powerful EU president and a "foreign minister" with a seat on the UN Security Council. None of this should come as a surprise. Indeed Nicolas Sarkozy in his televised debate this week spelt out precisely what was about to occur as this blog reported here AND indeed has been warning over many months. Sarkozy by announcing his intention to sign up to such arrangements in advance of his election has at a stroke negated the earlier French rejection of the Constitution, the Dutch are small enough to be ignored, the Germans were never going to be asked and Britain as usual will be kept in the dark by its treacherous leaders, bought and cowed MPs and supine media. Leading civil servants and Whitehall officials, courtesy of the Sunday Telegraph, might at last have summoned the courage to warn of what is afoot, but where is a leader of any opposition who is ready to fight by any means to prevent such an unconstitutional betrayal?