Brown rejects union EU vote call

Critics say the treaty is the constitution by another name

Gordon Brown has rejected calls from two trade unions for the government to hold a referendum on the new EU treaty.
it was "seriously good news" that unions were demanding a vote, "Gordon Brown must be the only man in the country who doesn't realise that we have to have a referendum on this treaty.

"Every other political leader in the EU has said that this is the constitution in all but name, and the Labour Party was elected with a manifesto to hold a referendum on that document.

"He is doing a rather splendid impression of an ostrich, surrounding himself with yes men who are trying to drown out the overwhelming calls for the British people to have their say."