The Queen and the Lisbon Treaty

Extracts from the Queen's Christmas message to the nation have been issued to the media. Reuters link. Amazingly there appears to be no mention of the part played by Her Majesty in the signing of the Lisbon Treaty and its lodging in Rome even after its legitimate rejection (and thus total invalidity) by the people of Ireland. The Christmas message from the Queen to the people of the British nation is the single annual occasion where the Queen addresses her subjects directly and in accordance with her own script and without any other political input. The Queen owes the British people an explanation for her actions during the past year with regard to the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty on which all political parties promised the British people an enabling referendum prior to any ratification. The consequences of the lack of such a referendum are worsened by its rejection elsewhere. In my view the Queen also owes the nation an apology for her actions in this matter notwithstanding the terms of the explanation for her actions. I suggest the Queen now reconsiders her prerecorded message and reverts to the earlier live broadcast format in which she can directly address her apparent handover of Sovereignty to foreigners without the promised consent of the nation.