So the Irish voted 'Yes'  for the Lisbon treaty this time. Well, they probably realised they'd have to keep voting until they got the 'right' answer anyway so why fight it? Now the Forehead of the Tory Party can spin his way out of a referendum if the remaining countries ratify it before the election. All along he's said he'll give us a referendum if the treaty isn't ratified and it's that condition at the end that makes me think he doesn't really want to.

What would force his hand? What would make him so furious he'd consider leaving the EU altogether? Only one thing I can think of.

Tiny Blur as president of it.

Well, what would be the point of winning an election if the grinning ghoul of New Labour is still running the show from on high? The EU ur-viles have already grumbled that if The Shiny Forehead of Hope has a referendum on a ratified treaty, they'd consider it a referendum on whether they should boot us out or not. Good. The easiest way out is to get booted and since we have no money left, and the EU aren't about to give us any, it must be an option currently under consideration in Brussels. If so, and if the Shiny Forehead knows it, he also knows that it'll look much better for him if he's the one who rescues us from Brussels rather than the one who got us thrown out.

The Forehead doesn't want to leave the EU, I'm sure, but events might force his hand. Once the Tiny Blur is shouting 'Look at me, Ma, I'm on top of the world', the pressure from within his party to 'do something about it' will certainly mount. The idea that Tory policy can be overriden by a Labour president must surely sting like vinegar in lacerations.

The whole country is going to realise that even though we have a Conservative government, the place is still run by Labour. The same Labour who will have been shown the door at an election but like a fungal infection, they just won't go away. Even if Labour are totally obliterated at the election, the country is still under the command of their ghastly grinning figurehead.

It's going to make the Tories look like absolute dickheads, isn't it? No matter what they do or say, the Tiny Blur can overrule them. They can't even call themselves 'opposition' because it's worse than that. They will be in charge but absolutely powerless. A completely futile government.

That might be too much for the Tory party to bear. If Dai Cameroid won't deal with it, well, the Tories aren't quite so shy and retiring when it comes to sweeping aside an unpopular leader. Labour have long and convoluted procedures, but the Tories will just hand the guy a glass of whisky and a revolver and close the door.

So the installation of the Tiny Blur as Fuhrer of Europe might not work out too badly for us in the long term. If the Forehead dithers, the rest of the party won't rally round unless they each have a knife. If he refuses a referendum, he might find himself out of work and Boris Johnson in his chair before the blood has even dried..

See, the thing about toffs is that they really, really don't like being made to look stupid. Labour obviously don't mind that at all, they make themselves look stupid every day, but the Tory party will not stand for humiliation. To them, it's worse than death.

I, for one, welcome our undead overlord of Europe along with his expensive dentistry and his nearly-human wife. His elevation to Emperor is the one thing that could enrage the Tories enough to make them seriously want out, and the one thing that could have sent the people of this country into apoplectic rage. Especially if they think they'd finally voted his party into thin air.

Keep smiling, Tiny. You can keep the EU, and the EU can keep you.

We don't want either of you.