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  Matthew, some facts about this Treaty are undisputable.
  
  1/ It is 97% identical to the Constitution that was rejected by at least 2 countries. And totally identical in its mainstream policies. We were promised a referendum by Labour and Lib dems on this in the 2005 General Election and the Government have used the deception of calling it a Treaty to rat on this pledge.
  2/ The 'rewording' was deliberately made obscure, complicated and difficult to understand in order cloud the whole thing. Typical EU tactic.
  3/ The Treaty reduces, almost eliminates national vetoes and eliminates the need for further treaties in additional power transfers to the EU.
  4/ It provides for a permanent President of the European Council who will be known as the President of Europe, a key postitioning in the development of an EU superstate.
  5/ It provides for a Foreign Minister for Europe to whom the Foreign policies of individual members states must defer. This places at risk the UK seat on the UN Security Council. Future developments are likley to be EU Embassies replacing national ones as a logical development.
  
  It also creates greater powers over our criminal law and just about every other aspect of our lives.
  
  The above are just off the top of my head. Overall the impact will be all the machinery for a further progressive reducction in the powers of elected Governments and placing more power in the hands of the EU Commission and the EU Parliament.
  
  The bottom line is that I detest big and intrusive Government and that is why I am against all this.
  
  I dont need to know any more than that to be totally opposed to the whole project and that is all anyone needs to know.

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