BS: goodbye EEC please

Subject: BS: goodbye EEC please
From: Andy Jackson
Date: 20 Feb 07 - 08:04 PM

Not the best of titles for a new thread but I got a reply from GOD (in his eyes) which I thought I would share.
I have always believed that the Common Market was a "bad idea" The Commonwealth was a "good idea" and our British way of life should be respected and maintained above all outside influence.
Ah such ideology.

The petition was:
"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Offer the British people a referendum on continued membership of the European Union."

And this was the response:

Under UK's constitutional arrangements, while the Government may make a recommendation, it is ultimately for Parliament to decide whether to hold a referendum on a particular issue. Referendums in the UK are rare. Parliament - the elected representatives of the British people -has the right to take important decisions on their behalf. This was the case when the UK joined the (then) European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973.

There was, of course, a referendum on UK membership of the EEC in 1975 because the Labour Government was committed to seeking the approval of the British people for the renegotiated terms of membership which it had obtained. Thereafter, each Treaty change - notably the Single European Act and the Treaties of Maastricht, Amsterdam and Nice - has been ratified following the passing of an Act of Parliament. Subject to Parliament's agreement, the Government has committed itself to a referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe before its ratification by the UK. Following the 'no' votes in referendums in France and the Netherlands, however, the future of the Constitutional Treaty is now unclear.

Hmm seems to me they don't know what they are doing...
and they want ust to to ake decisions without a referendum????

Nah...
Andy

Subject: RE: BS: goodbye EEC please
From: Andy Jackson
Date: 20 Feb 07 - 08:07 PM

Something got screwed on the last line
try again:

Hmm, seems to me they don't know what they are doing...
and they want us to let them make decisions without a referendum???

Subject: RE: BS: goodbye EEC please
From: GUEST,Terry McDonald
Date: 21 Feb 07 - 06:49 AM

There's a petition on the Downing Street web page, simply calling for the UK to withdraw from the EU. It's open until December 2007.....