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"en.20120419.18.4-414-000"2
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"Madam President, last year I wrote to David Cameron urging him to oppose the EU’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights. The coalition government replied that they were obligated to accede to it and that in any case it would not change the existing situation regarding the UK.
EU accession to the ECHR is required under Article 6(2) of the Treaty of Lisbon. Mr Cameron could have given the decision to the British people by honouring his promise, indeed his cast-iron guarantee, of a referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon.
He reneged on that promise after the Labour Government had ratified the Treaty. But treaties are ratified by acts of parliament, and any act can be repealed. If he had wanted to, he could have repealed the ratification act and then submitted Lisbon to a referendum of the people. Instead he betrayed his promise and his guarantee turned out to be worthless.
Now the government tells us not to worry anyway, because it makes no difference. But this is not true either. Britain could not opt out of or reform the Convention even if it wanted to, because we are bound by the Treaty of Lisbon. As usual the Tories betrayed Britain. Now they are in denial about the consequences of that betrayal. They had a solution and they did not use it.
Now the only solution is the one advocated by the UK Independence Party, which is for Britain to leave the European Union."@en1
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