Are you remembering what I'm remembering?
This is the first of our non-partisan, issue focused posts in our 'Are you remembering what I'm remembering?' series. So....
Are you remembering what I'm remembering?
Are you remembering what I'm remembering?
These 311 MPs prevented you having any say whatsoever in whether the New Labour Government - complete with it's unelected Prime Minister - would be allowed to sign away the national sovereignty; the national sovereignty that belongs to we, the people and which we entrusted into their care.
Are you remembering what I'm remembering?
I'm remembering how 311 MPs breached the trust we gave them to protect our sovereignty. I'm remembering that they did so contrary to their own party manifestos. Will you believe what these 311 MPs say in their manifestos and campaign literature this time?
Are you remembering what I'm remembering?
I'm remembering that the
Bill of Rights - one of the written documents of our NATIONAL constitution which has served these green and pleasant lands for 322 years - states explicitly: "...no foreign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm."
So, it is quite clear that the signing of the Lisbon Treaty was in breach of what is set out in the Bill of Rights.
Are you remembering what I'm remembering?
Only, I'm remembering the exact names of all 311 MPs who said that YOU were not allowed a say on the surrender of our national sovereignty to Brussels.
Are you remembering what I'm remembering?
Only, I'm remembering exactly which political parties they represent, too.
And here's what I remember - these are the 311 MPs who stopped you having your say. No matter which party they represent, if they're standing again, start remembering what I'm remembering and help others remember, too.
Tell all of the people you know that these are the 311 who were complicit in the surrender of British national sovereignty to Brussels and the European Empire, who went against their party's election manifesto and who wouldn't even let YOU have a say:
Nick Ainger (Labour)
Bob Ainsworth (Labour)
Douglas Alexander (Labour)
Graham Allen (Labour)
David Anderson (Labour)
Janet Anderson (Labour)
Hilary Armstrong (Labour)
Charlotte Atkins (Labour)
Ian Austin (Labour)
John Austin (Labour)
Adrian Bailey (Labour)
Vera Baird (Labour)
Ed Balls (Labour)
Gordon Banks (Labour)
Celia Barlow (Labour)
Kevin Barron (Labour)
Hugh Bayley (Labour)
Margaret Beckett (Labour)
Anne Begg (Labour)
Sir Stuart Bell (Labour)
Hilary Benn (Labour)
Joe Benton (Labour)
Roger Berry (Labour)
Clive Betts (Labour)
Liz Blackman (Labour)
Roberta Blackman-Woods (Labour)
Hazel Blears (Labour)
Bob Blizzard (Labour)
David Blunkett (Labour)
David Borrow (Labour)
Ben Bradshaw (Labour)
Kevin Brennan (Labour)
Gordon Brown (Labour)
Lyn Brown (Labour)
Nick Brown (Labour)
Russell Brown (Labour)
Des Browne (Labour)
Chris Bryant (Labour)
Karen Buck (Labour)
Richard Burden (Labour)
Andy Burnham (Labour)
Dawn Butler (Labour)
Stephen Byers (Labour)
Liam Byrne (Labour)
Richard Caborn (Labour)
David Cairns (Labour)
Alan Campbell (Labour)
Martin Caton (Labour)
Ian Cawsey (Labour)
Colin Challen (Labour)
Ben Chapman (Labour)
David Chaytor (Labour)
Michael Clapham (Labour)
Katy Clark (Labour)
Paul Clark (Labour)
Charles Clarke (Labour)
Ken Clarke (Conservative)
Tom Clarke (Labour)
David Clelland (Labour)
Ann Clwyd (Labour)
Vernon Coaker (Labour)
Ann Coffey (Labour)
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Michael Connarty (Labour)
Rosie Cooper (Labour)
Yvette Cooper (Labour)
Jim Cousins (Labour)
David Crausby (Labour)
Mary Creagh (Labour)
Jon Cruddas (Labour)
Jim Cunningham (Labour)
Tony Cunningham (Labour)
David Curry (Conservative)
Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)
Alistair Darling (Labour)
Wayne David (Labour)
Quentin Davies (Labour)
Janet Dean (Labour)
John Denham (Labour)
Jim Devine (Labour)
Parmjit Dhanda (Labour)
Andrew Dismore (Labour)
Jim Dobbin (Labour)
Frank Dobson (Labour)
Brian Donohoe (Labour)
Frank Doran (Labour)
Jim Dowd (Labour)
Angela Eagle (Labour)
Maria Eagle (Labour)
Clive Efford (Labour)
Louise Ellman (Labour)
Natascha Engel (Labour)
Jeff Ennis (Labour)
Bill Etherington (Labour)
Paul Farrelly (Labour)
Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour)
Robert Flello (Labour)
Caroline Flint (Labour)
Barbara Follett (Labour)
Michael Foster (Labour) [Worcs.]
Michael Jabez Foster (Labour) [Hastings & Rye]
Dr. Hywel Francis (Labour)
Mike Gapes (Labour)
Barry Gardiner (Labour)
Bruce George (Labour)
Dr. Ian Gibson (Labour)
Linda Gilroy (Labour)
Paul Goggins (Labour)
Helen Goodman (Labour)
Nia Griffith (Labour)
Nigel Griffiths (Labour)
John Grogan (Labour)
John Gummer (Conservative)
Andrew Gwynne (Labour)
Peter Hain (Labour)
Mike Hall (Labour)
David Hamilton (Labour)
Fabian Hamilton (Labour)
David Hanson (Labour)
Harriet Harman (Labour)
Tom Harris (Labour)
Dai Havard (Labour)
John Healey (Labour)
Doug Henderson (Labour)
Mark Hendrick (Labour)
Stephen Hepburn (Labour)
John Heppell (Labour)
Stephen Hesford (Labour)
Patricia Hewitt (Labour)
David Heyes (Labour)
Keith Hill (Labour)
Meg Hillier (Labour)
Margaret Hodge (Labour)
Sharon Hodgson (Labour)
Jim Hood (Labour)
Geoffrey Hoon (Labour)
Phil Hope (Labour)
George Howarth (Labour)
Dr. Kim Howells (Labour)
Beverley Hughes (Labour)
Joan Humble (Labour)
John Hutton (Labour)
Dr. Brian Iddon (Labour)
Eric Illsley (Labour)
Adam Ingram (Labour)
Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour)
Siân James (Labour)
Brian Jenkins (Labour)
Alan Johnson (Labour)
Diana Johnson (Labour)
Helen Jones (Labour)
Kevan Jones (Labour)
Martyn Jones (Labour)
Tessa Jowell (Labour)
Eric Joyce (Labour)
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Labour)
Sally Keeble (Labour)
Barbara Keeley (Labour)
Alan Keen (Labour)
Ann Keen (Labour)
Ruth Kelly (Labour)
Fraser Kemp (Labour)
Jane Kennedy (Labour)
Sadiq Khan (Labour)
David Kidney (Labour)
Peter Kilfoyle (Labour)
Jim Knight (Labour)
Dr. Ashok Kumar (Labour)
Dr. Stephen Ladyman (Labour)
David Lammy (Labour)
Bob Laxton (Labour)
Mark Lazarowicz (Labour)
David Lepper (Labour)
Tom Levitt (Labour)
Ivan Lewis (Labour)
Martin Linton (Labour)
Tony Lloyd (Labour)
Andrew Love (Labour)
Ian Lucas (Labour)
Andrew Mackinlay (Labour)
Denis MacShane (Labour)
Fiona MacTaggart (Labour)
Khalid Mahmood (Labour)
Shahid Malik (Labour)
Judy Mallaber (Labour)
John Mann (Labour)
Rob Marris (Labour)
Gordon Marsden (Labour)
Robert Marshall-Andrews (Labour)
Eric Martlew (Labour)
Thomas McAvoy (Labour)
Chris McCafferty (Labour)
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Labour)
Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)
Pat McFadden (Labour)
John McFall (Labour)
Jim McGovern (Labour)
Anne McGuire (Labour)
Shona McIsaac (Labour)
Ann McKechin (Labour)
Rosemary McKenna (Labour)
Tony McNulty (Labour)
Michael Meacher (Labour)
Alan Meale (Labour)
Gillian Merron (Labour)
Alun Michael (Labour)
Alan Milburn (Labour)
David Miliband (Labour)
Edward Miliband (Labour)
Andrew Miller (Labour)
Laura Moffatt (Labour)
Chris Mole (Labour)
Madeleine Moon (Labour)
Margaret Moran (Labour)
Jessica Morden (Labour)
Julie Morgan (Labour)
Elliot Morley (Labour)
Kali Mountford (Labour)
Chris Mullin (Labour)
Meg Munn (Labour)
Jim Murphy (Labour)
Paul Murphy (Labour)
Dr. Doug Naysmith (Labour)
Dan Norris (Labour)
Mike O'Brien (Labour)
Edward O'Hara (Labour)
Bill Olner (Labour)
Sandra Osborne (Labour)
Albert Owen (Labour)
Dr. Nick Palmer (Labour)
Ian Pearson (Labour)
James Plaskitt (Labour)
Greg Pope (Labour)
Stephen Pound (Labour)
Bridget Prentice (Labour)
Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Dawn Primarolo (Labour)
Gwyn Prosser (Labour)
Ken Purchase (Labour)
James Purnell (Labour)
Bill Rammell (Labour)
Nick Raynsford (Labour)
Andy Reed (Labour)
Jamie Reed (Labour)
John Reid (Labour)
Linda Riordan (Labour)
John Robertson (Labour)
Geoffrey Robinson (Labour)
Terry Rooney (Labour)
Chris Ruane (Labour)
Joan Ruddock (Labour)
Christine Russell (Labour)
Joan Ryan (Labour)
Martin Salter (Labour)
Mohammad Sarwar (Labour)
Alison Seabeck (Labour)
Virendra Sharma (Labour)
Jonathan Shaw (Labour)
Barry Sheerman (Labour)
Jim Sheridan (Labour)
Siôn Simon (Labour)
Marsha Singh (Labour)
Andy Slaughter (Labour)
Andrew Smith (Labour)
Angela C. Smith (Labour) [Sheff. Hillsb.]
Angela Smith (Labour) [Basildon]
Geraldine Smith (Labour)
Jacqui Smith (Labour)
John Smith (Labour)
Anne Snelgrove (Labour)
Sir Peter Soulsby (Labour)
Helen Southworth (Labour)
John Spellar (Labour)
Dr. Phyllis Starkey (Labour)
Dr. Howard Stoate (Labour)
Dr. Gavin Strang (Labour)
Jack Straw (Labour)
Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour)
Mark Tami (Labour)
Dari Taylor (Labour)
Gareth Thomas (Labour)
Emily Thornberry (Labour)
Stephen Timms (Labour)
Paddy Tipping (Labour)
Mark Todd (Labour)
Don Touhig (Labour)
Jon Trickett (Labour)
Dr. Desmond Turner (Labour)
Neil Turner (Labour)
Derek Twigg (Labour)
Kitty Ussher (Labour)
Keith Vaz (Labour)
Joan Walley (Labour)
Lynda Waltho (Labour)
Tom Watson (Labour)
Dave Watts (Labour)
Dr. Alan Whitehead (Labour)
Malcolm Wicks (Labour)
Alan Williams (Labour)
Betty Williams (Labour)
Michael Wills (Labour)
Phil Wilson (Labour)
David Winnick (Labour)
Rosie Winterton (Labour)
Shaun Woodward (Labour)
Phil Woolas (Labour)
Anthony Wright (Labour)
David Wright (Labour)
Iain Wright (Labour)
Derek Wyatt (Labour)
Are those 311 MPs remembering their decision to deny us a say on our sovereignty like we're remembering it now?
Now, apart from those three Conservative MPs shamed above, thank you to the Conservatives for trying.
We'd imagine there are a lot of MPs - especially in the Labour Party - who are a bit uncomfortable with this list. It's not my fault I'm remembering this - YOU traipsed through the lobby!
Now, you might argue that you were whipped through. Sorry, but you are accountable to your constituents, not to party whips.
And now your constituents are aided in remembering what I'm remembering.
We haven't mentioned the Liberal Democrats yet. Promised you a referendum, and most of them abstained. Had those Liberal Democrats who abstained voted to give you the referendum that you were promised, then there were sufficient Labour rebels and others to have won the vote in Parliament.
Are they all remembering what we're now all remembering?
And just to get the political partisanship totally out of this issue - how nervous are you about the backlash from traditional Conservative supporters, 'Cast Iron Call Me Dave' Cameron?
Only, if the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph messageboards are anything to go by, a lot of your voters are not happy with you on the Europe question...
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We do have a GOOD MP list too - these are the 42 MPs (29 Labour and 13 Lib Dem) who defied their party whips and voted with the Conservatives on a referendum. They showed that they could put their promises to their constituents before party politics. That they were brave enough to put their vows to the country ahead of any political ideaology. That they had honour.
So, we would like to say thank you to those 42 and to the 20 others - nationalists and independents - who supported a referendum. They are:
Annette Brooke (Lib Dem) - thank you!
Colin Burgon (Labour) - thank you!
Gregory Campbell (DUP) - thank you!
Ronnie Campbell (Labour) - thank you!
Alistair Carmichael (Lib Dem) - thank you!
Derek Conway (Ind. Con) - thank you!
Frank Cook (Labour) - thank you!
Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) - thank you!
John Cummings (Labour) - thank you!
Ian Davidson (Labour) - thank you!
Dai Davies (Ind.) - thank you!
Nigel Dodds (DUP) - thank you!
David Drew (Labour) - thank you!
Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour) - thank you!
Tim Farron (Lib Dem) - thank you!
Frank Field (Labour) - thank you!
Mark Fisher (Labour) - thank you!
George Galloway (Respect) - thank you!
Andrew George (Lib Dem) - thank you!
Sandra Gidley (Lib Dem) - thank you!
Roger Godsiff (Labour) - thank you!
Mike Hancock (Lib Dem) - thank you!
David Heath (Lib Dem) - thank you!
John Hemming (Lib Dem) - thank you!
Lady Sylvia Hermon (UUP) - thank you!
Kate Hoey (Labour) - thank you!
Paul Holmes (Lib Dem) - thank you!
Kelvin Hopkins (Labour) - thank you!
Martin Horwood (Lib Dem) - thank you!
Stewart Hosie (SNP) - thank you!
Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) - thank you!
Lynne Jones (Labour) - thank you!
Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru) - thank you!
Angus MacNeil (SNP) - thank you!
William McCrea (DUP) - thank you!
John McDonnell (Labour) - thank you!
David Marshall (Labour) - thank you!
Austin Mitchell (Labour) - thank you!
Anne Moffat (Labour) - thank you!
George Mudie (Labour) - thank you!
Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem) - thank you!
Denis Murphy (Labour) - thank you!
Adam Price (Plaid Cymru) - thank you!
John Pugh (Lib Dem) - thank you!
Angus Robertson (SNP) - thank you!
Peter Robinson (DUP) - thank you!
Alex Salmond (SNP) - thank you!
Alan Simpson (Labour) - thank you!
David Simpson (DUP) - thank you!
Dennis Skinner (Labour) - thank you!
Graham Stringer (Labour) - thank you!
Gisela Stuart (Labour) - thank you!
David Taylor (Labour) - thank you!
Dr. Richard Taylor (Ind.) - thank you!
Paul Truswell (Labour) - thank you!
Robert Wareing (Labour) - thank you!
Mike Weir (SNP) - thank you!
Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru) - thank you!
Sammy Wilson (DUP) - thank you!
Peter Wishart (SNP) - thank you!
Mike Wood (Labour) - thank you!
Richard Younger-Ross (Lib Dem) - thank you!