Ganley: he is pro EU

Make no mistake, Declan Ganley is not the Irish version of Nigel Farage.

He might be against the EU treaty, but he's in favour of the European Union and consequently of unelected civil servants making the laws on behalf of the Irish people.

What's really annoyed me about this person and his plan for an EU wide Libertas party is that there is no need for him in the UK. The Conservative Party are a pro EU party who aren't in favour of the Lisbon Treaty and are also labouring under the misapprehension that other EU leaders give a flying fuck what they are saying about reform.

But he will also muddy the waters in the UK and could take votes away from people who think Ganley is anti EU. All that will do is see federalists getting more MEPs in 2009.

During the Irish referendum campaign UKIP made sure they kept out of it, not wanting to mix the message that saying NO to Lisbon meant saying NO to the EU. The Irish would have also reacted badly to what they would see as British interference.

Of course, as anyone who has paid the slightest bit of attention to the EU, saying NO to the Lisbon Treaty in reality does mean leaving, or saying yes again. For, although I know I sound like the broken record, the EU do not care what the voters think, what the people who pay their wages think. They have a plan, a mission and do not care for deviating away from that. They have ignored many, many democratic referendums in the past and they will again in the future. For them, voting NO means that you are either a racist or you didn't understand the question.

As someone who has defended Mr Ganley but who doesn't particularly like him, I think it would serve him right if the British went and jumped all over the second referendum. He quite clearly doesn't care about other organisations, even ones who have cooperated with him, so let's wipe the slate clean and start again. After all, having an unratified treaty doesn't do anti EU campaigners any good, does it. It let's the Conservative party make out that they are the defenders of national democracy (quite how they have the gall to is something I don't get but then they are politicians) rather than showing them to be as wet as a saturated sponge when it comes to the EU.

To quote a proper defender of British sovereignty, rather than a man with only his own future as a real concern:

UKIP leader Nigel Farage said "I think it will come as a surprise to many to learn just how pro-EU Mr Ganley is. When he says that Europe is too important to fail and that it is important to all our futures, then you begin to see the true picture.

"Ukip remains the only party committed, absolutely clearly, to Britain leaving this political union and becoming a free and sovereign state once again. One where our laws are made by us for ourselves, rather than the vast majority being made in Brussels."

I do hope that people don't get confused and vote Libertas thinking it will mean they're voting for a party interested in doing something for the UK. Mr Ganley isn't that fond of us as this latest action clearly shows.

And don't forget all those budget flights to Ireland that are available!