Why The French `No' Vote Was A Disaster For Britain


Vernon Coleman (30th May 2005)


The French rejection of the new EU constitution may sound like good news for those who don't like the idea of a United States of Europe. And the undoubted humiliation of Europhiles may be cheering to those fighting for England's survival.

BUT.

The French anti-EU vote on the 29th May was actually a disaster for Eurosceptics.

Now that the French have voted `No' there will probably be no referendum in the UK. `What's the point?' the Government will say. `The new EU constitution has already been rejected. A referendum would be a waste of time and money.'

But the French `No' vote wasn't big enough to rule out a second referendum in France. This will probably be held after the French elections in 2007. And, at the second attempt, the French will be bribed and frightened into voting `Yes'.

The EU constitution will then go ahead as planned. (There may be superficial twiddles. But nothing significant will change.) And what about Britain and the British referendum?

Blair will then be raking in the millions he needs to pay off his mortgage. (My bet is that he'll be working for the Carlyle Group in the USA). His `promise' to hold a referendum will be long forgotten.

And we will have lost our chance to have our say.

There will be no British referendum - because the EU lovers know that if Britons get a chance to vote we will vote overwhelmingly against the EU. There will be no point in having a second vote.

The French `No' vote may sound like good news.

But it was a disaster for those who care about England, Scotland, Wales, Britain and the United Kingdom.





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