A fundamental principle of the British Constitution is "the sovereignty of Parliament". But nowadays decisions of the European Union have to be observed because of the treaties that Britain has entered into; and British courts must observe the judgements of the European Court and the new Human Rights Act.

From "Life in the United Kingdom, A journey to Citizenship", The Home Office, printed by The Stationery Office, 2005

Think about that word "observed" and then read Peter Hitchens very clear summary of where we stand with the European Union, in The Daily Mail, 21^st June. "The Eurosceptics are just as phoney as President Blair", when talking about the time after the acceptance of the Lisbon Treaty. An extract follows below:

But far worse is the awful truth, which so many have hidden from themselves, that Britain will from that moment cease to be an independent nation in any important way.

The EU will take on a ‘legal personality' of its own, become a nation in its own right, one in which we are a subject province for the first time in more than a thousand years, less independent than Texas is of Washington DC.

And this is why I hate the people in politics and the media who call themselves ‘Eurosceptics'. What are they for? What good have they done? They stand about, mainly in the Unconservative Party, claiming to be concerned about the way the EU is swallowing this country.