Circumvention of parliamentary democracy

The following is a quote from Labour MP, Jon Trickett, in today's Yorkshire Post, linked here. "we can see the direction of travel of the EU – it is increasingly becoming an instrument to circumvent parliamentary democracy, advancing an agenda which many people do not support." Also criticised is the Government formed by his own party: "Initially, the Government promised 20 days of debate to the Lisbon Treaty. Since that promise was made, this has dropped to roughly 12 days. For each of these days the Government has assigned a specific topic of debate. Each topic catering to a slightly rose-tinted view of the EU. But a balanced picture of Europe requires both negative as well as positive aspects to be debated. None of the issues chosen for debate allow us to easily discuss the other side of the coin – the more negative aspects of the European Union."