The EU once again steamrolls the will of the people

From The Scotsman:

THE government saw off a rebellion over Europe last night, winning a crucial vote to repel calls for a referendum on signing up to the EU reform treaty.

In a vote where rebels in all three main parties defied the whips, the government won with a majority of 63. But the issue, which continues to divide parties both internally and across the dispatch box, left a huge split in the ranks of the Liberal Democrats, with three of the party's front-bench spokesmen resigning.

The government's victory will be a huge relief for Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, who saw 25 of his own MPs defy a three-line whip to vote in favour of a referendum. Some 13 Lib Dems, including the three now former front-benchers, Alistair Carmichael, David Heath and Tim Farron, voted with the Tories in calling for a referendum, while a handful of Conservatives voted with the government.

The SNP MPs also voted against the government, and in favour of a referendum. Among them was the party leader, Alex Salmond, who made a rare appearance at Westminster to cast his vote.

The outcome means the decision on whether to sign up to the controversial treaty, which opponents claim is nothing short of a European Constitution, will now be taken by parliament.

When I read about the back and forth over the European Union treaties and constitutions I get an eerily familiar feeling. It all reminds me of the illegal immigration debate in the US. There you have the leaders of government wanting to merge all the nations of Europe into a large only nominally democratic proto-fascist superstate despite the opposition of the majority of the citizens of the various European nations. Here we have both political parties working tirelessly to erase our southern border in order to allow endless millions of illiterate Third-World peasants to flood our nation, lower wages, clog the welfare rolls, and vote Democrat.

In Europe and the US you have the governments governing against the will of the people.

How long is it going to be before the people withdraw their consent?