There is a sickening stench of hypocrisy coming from No10 as Brown evades the question of a referendum on the EU constitution.

While the liars, criminals, crooks and fraudsters of the EU spin the word “amending treaty”, we at the Popular Alliance will call it by its correct name of “constitution”.

The constitution contains 95% of the original according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel who states “The fundamentals of the Constitution have been maintained in large part… We have renounced everything that makes people think of a state, like the flag and the national anthem.” El Pais (25 June)

While German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that the mandate approved by the EU will “preserve the substance of the constitutional treaty”. Agence Europe (25 June)

The Spanish Prime Minister Jose Zapatero is cockahoop with the constitution and said "A great part of the content of the European Constitution is captured in the new treaties”, Zapatero said. “Everyone has conceded a little so that we all gain a lot”, added Zapatero. El Pais (25 June) and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern states “Given the fact that there was strong legal advice that the draft constitution in 2004 would require a referendum in Ireland, and given the fact that these changes haven't made any dramatic change to the substance of what was agreed back in 2004, I think it is likely that a referendum will be held... thankfully they haven't changed the substance - 90 per cent of it is still there."

On the change of name for the EU Foreign Minister he said: "It's the original job as proposed but they just put on this long title - High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and also vice President of the Commission. It's the same job […] it's still going to be the same position." Irish Independent (24 June)

Danish PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen says this: “The good thing is...that all the symbolic elements are gone, and that which really matters – the core - is left." Jyllands-Posten (25 June) and Finland’s Europe Minister Astrid Thors: backs this up by saying “There’s nothing from the original institutional package that has been changed” TV-Nytt, (23 June)

The New French President Nicolas Sarkozy claimed victory, saying, “This was France’s idea from the start.” Libération (25 June)

Sarkozy also said “Competition is no longer an objective in itself – it’s a tool at the service of the internal market but is no longer an objective of the Union… for the first time… the Union has to help ensure the protection of citizens… the word protection is no longer taboo.”

At the Paris Air Show Sarkozy also said that Britain keeping the pound amounted to unfair competition. He said other countries, “can't go on imposing social, environmental, fiscal and monetary dumping' on Europe. I ask that we do with the euro with the US does with the dollar or even what our English friends do with the pound.” CNBC (24 June)

Sarkozy also dismissed the change of the EU Foreign Minister’s name as of no significance. "What does it matter what we call him?" Telegraph (24 June)

Commission President Jose Barroso said he was happy that his son was studying law, because under the new treaty: "lawyers have a beautiful future.” Süddeutsche Zeitung (25 June)

Other comments from various sources read like this

A headline in Le Monde reads: “The symbols have disappeared, the fundamentals remain.” A leader in Le Monde notes that all the “the institutional advances brought by the Constitution have been maintained. While the symbols – anthem, flag etc – have officially disappeared, the permanent presidency remains; and while the minister of foreign affairs has gone back to high representative, he keeps all the new powers that Valery Giscard d’Estaing’s text gave him.” (25 June)

An article in Libération reports that “In the end, the Brussels agreement is unexpected, since the essential of the advances of the Constitution are safeguarded, even if it is horribly complex.” (25 June)

A leader in Le Figaro argues that, “the essentials of the institutional advances have been preserved.”

From Germany a leading MEP Elmar Brok, the Chairman of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee welcomed the outcome of the Summit and said: “Despite all the compromises, the substance of the draft EU Constitution has been safeguarded.” Euractiv (25 June)

Handelsblatt describes the deal as a "diplomatic coup" for Angela Merkel.

Spanish Diego Lopez Garrido, the Socialists’ parliamentary spokesman, was euphoric: “Europe is our strategic bet for the 21st century and from this point of view the summit has been a total success. The referendum which the Spanish approved the Constitution has been decisive, and 99% of its content has survived.” El Pais (25 June)

Spanish diplomats have also dismissed the change in the name of the new EU Foreign Minister. One said: "We have exactly what we wanted. The foreign minister will have the political clout necessary to do his job and will control the administrative services too. Blair was worried about this, but over lunch he calmed down… If your name is Maria, you can call yourself Jane, but you will still do Maria's job." Telegraph (24 June)

According to Het Financieele Dagblad – the Dutch equivalent of the Financial Times: “Jan Peter Balkenenende's government will ask the Dutch council of state for a recommendation on the new treaty. In 2003, the highest advisory body of the Dutch government recommended to organize the referendum specifically because of the charter of fundamental rights. If the council of state stays with this position - and it's difficult to see why not - then it will be very hard for the government not to organize another referendum. That makes it uncertain if the new European treaty can be put into force." (25 June)

The Belgian minister of foreign affairs Karel De Gucht has complained that the new treaty seems to have the goal, "of being as illegible as possible". Süddeutsche Zeitung (24 June)

And finally in the UK, a leader in the Financial Times admits: “Mr Blair tried to prevent the charter on fundamental rights from being made legally binding. He failed. But he has won a lengthy protocol insisting that it cannot be used to challenge UK laws: in effect, it is another opt-out.” However it notes “It may not be legally enforceable, for it discriminates in the application of fundamental rights.”

Labour MEP Richard Corbett admitted on Friday that the new treaty could be as little as 5% different to the old constitution.

We can therefore take it from the above statements and comments that the Labour party has lied to us, they have reneged on a manifesto pledge, and can never be trusted with the reigns of power.

Today, Brown was asked about the referendum when he was promising more open government, the usual spin was vomited from his lying mouth and he virtually dismissed the 93% of the British public who want to vote on this very important issue.

We urge every one to petition the spivs and wide boys that dictate our undemocratic nation and demand a referendum and let us see if the people will be given a voice as promised.

The petition may be found HERE or click the image at the top left of this blog

More misery is expected today as it is predicted the Bank of England will raise interest rates yet again piling more pressure on business, families and home owners.

We are seeing the beginning of “payback” time for the failed credit card fuelled economy of Gordon Brown who has entrusted the treasury to another gormless fiscal fool Alistair Darling.

Darling is another useless figure head who prefers not to get involved and allows his political masters in Europe to dictate policy as he has no spine or political will of his own.

He is another carbon trading (stealth tax) freak who has no idea of how to actually reduce emissions is now in charge of the nations finances (supposedly) and will no doubt allow the fiasco of raiding the peoples purses to continue to pay for an ever incompetent government.

UK interest rates are expected to rise from 5.5% to 5.75% later, as it resumes efforts to reduce inflation.

Most economists predict the rise after Bank governor Mervyn King said recently that inflation remained a concern.

They also point to the fact that while rates were kept level in June, four of the nine members of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee voted for a rise.

However, a minority of analysts do feel rates may remain on hold for July.

These economists point out that while the most recent figures showed that inflation remained above the government's 2% target, it did actually slow to 2.5% in May from 2.8% in April. 

A rise in interest rates from 5.5% to 5.75% would put an extra £16 a month on an average £100,000 repayment mortgage.