It seems that his barrister in court defending Gordon Brown over the falsity of his promise in the 2005 manifesto to hold a referendum on the European treaty/constitution said, "Manifesto pledges are not subject to legitimate expectation."
In other words nothing written in a manifesto is a firm pledge, and the Labour Party reserves the right to pursue policies written there or elsewhere, or not declared even, as they think fit.
Perhaps in due course Brown will be found guilty of lying to the electors, but don't bet on it. Perhaps we shall have a referendum, but that seems even more unlikely from the indecent haste with which the European business is being rammed through parliament.
In any event we shall know that we cannot believe anything he says. Do you remember the sad words between him and Blair, "Nothing you could ever say to me could ever make believe a word you say."
And people are surprised that more and more people are turned off politics, and fewer feel any point in voting?
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