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Last-ditch protests to kill off EU constitution ignored as Brown forces through Lisbon Treaty Benedict Brogan Gordon Brown signed away swathes of British sovereignty last night after he refused to back attempts to kill off the European constitution. He forced through the Lisbon Treaty despite a last-ditch attempt by Tory peers to delay its ratification until October. They were out-voted in the Lords by Labour and Liberal Democrats. The document, the near-identical replacement for the constitution that collapsed in 2005, now awaits the formality of Royal Assent to become the law of the land.
(Article continues below) Britain is the 19th EU country to ratify the treaty without a referendum. If it comes into force with ratification by all 27 states, it will eliminate the British veto in up to 61 areas of policy and will reduce British voting power in the EU by a third. Mr Brown's determination to press ahead appeared to fly in the face of a growing popular revolt breaking out against the treaty in the EU. The Czech government confirmed last night that it has suspended ratification in the wake of last week's shock 'no' vote in a referendum in Ireland. Amid angry exchanges in the Commons, David Cameron accused the Prime Minister of showing less spine 'than a jellyfish' over the Irish result. Ireland's decisive vote against the Lisbon Treaty effectively stopped it in its tracks and plunged the EU into turmoil.
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