Cameron cuddles Europe.........

The devious, deceitful, disingenuous, double-dealing Dave continues on his unprincipled course with his coalition co-conspirators, especially in his relations with the EU. He is a good example of my long-held conviction that politicians inhabit a parallel planet, and the longer they are in Parliament the more they lose touch with reality.

They simply cannot see that the EU is not merely disliked in England; it is hated as an unelected, corrupt, self-perpetuating oligarchy. Those who say that we have a shared cultural heritage with Europe could not be more wrong. Our heritage is unique, which to a large extent we have passed on to our cousins in the US, Australia, New Zealand and other places.

Remember that no other member of the EU has an unbroken experience of Parliamentary government going back more than 65 years. Many of the members are as corrupt as third world countries. As an island race, we have a genetic dislike and distrust of Europeans because for most of the last 2000 years they have arrived –or failed to arrive – as invaders.

In particular, I believe that the traditional French foreign policy of neutralising the Brits both economically and politically continues unabated. Why else would they push for hedge funds to be regulated from Brussels when 80% of them are based only in the UK, although over 1000 have moved out of the City to Switzerland as a consequence?

The first broken promise was a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. But there will be a referendum on the alternative voting system which was not sought by the people and which was not in any manifesto. If Dave pulls off this fraud on the electorate, the next step will be fixed-term Parliaments, thus eliminating the ability of the Commons to get rid of a failing government, especially a coalition.

We expected Dave to take a tougher line with the EU than did his predecessors. Instead, he is even more of an integrationist.

Amongst his transgressions, there is his agreement to the new European diplomatic corps, supervision of the City of London, extension of criminal jurisdiction which will make the ECJ the court of last resort instead of the House of Lords, as I will continue to call the absurd ‘Supreme Court’ which cost the taxpayer around £50 million for no good reason, and acceptance of a higher EU budget at a time of cut-backs in the UK.

He opted to join the Irish bail-out although it is obvious that the intention is to save not Ireland but the euro.

Now there is the European Union Bill going through the Lords. This is supposed to defend against further EU encroachment by requiring any extension of powers to be decided by the courts, when the election undertaking was that Parliament would be the final arbiter, another broken promise.

To be fair, Dave is at last tackling some of the civil liberties issues. The ID card is now abolished and the data base dismantled. The 24 day detention without trial powers expire shortly and UK reverts to the previous 14 day period, so it’s not all bad.