Death for democracy - "Bloody Misery" for pampered Parliamentarians

Labour's Chief Whip, the disgraced Geoff Hoon, writes to his colleagues as follows as reported in The Independent, linked here: "The European Reform Treaty Bill will be considered by a committee of the whole House throughout February and early March, day after day. "I wanted to give you advance notice that I will be running a three-line whip for each day it is considered." The confidential letter, which found its way into Pandora's inbox over the weekend, has been met with a mixed response from Labour backbenchers. Although most are behind the Bill, some are wary of such draconian measures to see it gets through. "Basically, our lives are going to be a bloody misery for the next three months," moans one. "It might just be easier to have handed the public their referendum after all." Note the Labour MP in the last sentence above, with 80 per cent of legislation already sent to the EU he complains about having to turn up regularly to Parliament to destroy what remains of our democracy. Classic!