I was waiting to blog this tomorrow, but felt it of such importance that I decided to go to print today.

Geoff Hoon is telling us that we may not be allowed a referendum on the EU constitution, and that if the constitution was brought back in its present form (which is highly unlikely) would the British public be allowed to vote on this important issue.

I enclose the quotation from Mr Hoon below, it makes for frightening reading, and it looks like we will NOT be allowed any say in any new EU constitution adoption.

Write to your MP, complain and explain they have PROMISED the public a vote, we cannot allow a dictatorship to ride rough shod over the wishes of the people.

Meanwhile London wants to keep its options open also on the question of whether or not to hold a referendum on a newly-styled EU constitution - a pledge it made when it signed the current version of the charter in 2004.

"If we brought back the constitutional treaty in its present form, we've made clear that that would require a referendum," according to Mr Hoon.

"Having said that, in the past, quite far-reaching treaty changes have been carried through the House of Commons without a referendum," he said referring to the UK conservative government at the time not holding a referendum on the 1992 Maastricht treaty.

"We would obviously make a decision in the best interests of Britain and its people." 

Full article may be read HERE