The recent furore over letting prisoners vote has brought out the rabid Tory Europhobes. And, of course, at least one loony “think tank” (who elects the think tanks anyway ?).
Now the Tories want a referendum before any more powers are given to Europe. Will I get a referendum when they want to take my Human Rights away from the European Court which has the job of safeguarding them ?
Just for the record (1) – British politicians don’t really understand the idea of “Rule of Law”. They think that if you rule, then you can just change the law …
Just for the record (2) – I don’t have strong feelings either way about prisoners’ votes. Give ’em all the vote in the safe seat where my home is, and it still wouldn’t make a blind bit of difference to the result …
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