Quote Originally Posted by Kralizec View Post
It's understandable that they'd be annoyed when measures that they view as being beneficial to the whole are rejected because a single government cowers in the face of its voters.
Is it really understandable?

Aren't all Democratic Governments ultimately responsible to their voters. If a country is principally run by one of two political parties and both parties acknowledge that the majority of the electorate do not want deeper European integration for their country, then whatever party is in power should respect that wish.

This is not a question of "vote for a Eurosceptic party", because all the parties know the will of the people is Eurosceptic and it is incumbent on them to govern accordingly - especially when they all said they would.

As to why Cameron didn't offer a vote on Lisbon - he admitted as soon as the Irish ratified the treaty with a gun to their heads that he wouldn't be able to hold a referendum until after the treaty came into force, making the exercise legally pointless.

The second part of your post - about what nasty bastards we are - doesn't even bear responding to.

Frankly, if the rest of Europe's Governments are so afraid of the popular will they won't test it then please kick us out, I mean it. We would be so much happier, and all your EU money would still be laundered through London.