Professor Anthony Bradley, Research Fellow, Institute of European and Comparative Law, University of Oxford, a witness to the HoC European Scrutiny Committee today*, says that he believes that the Lisbon Treaty CAN be repealed.
Clearly, here's a man who understand Constitutional and International law.
And clearly, Cameron was either lying, or was misguided - neither of which is terribly encouraging.
Still, this gives eurosceptics the ammo we need and I hope readers of this blog will spread the word widely!
The Committee proceedings (which needs a few seconds to load fully):
Annoyingly, the videos are set to autoplay ...
Witnesses
- Professor Trevor Allan, Professor of Public Law and Jurisprudence, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, and Professor Anthony Bradley, Research Fellow, Institute of European and Comparative Law, University of Oxford
- Professor Adam Tomkins, Chair of Public Law, University of Glasgow
* Under discussion was the European Union Bill 2010-11 (with explanatory notes HERE).
Update: Here's Monday's EU Scrutiny Committee meeting (22 Nov):
Witnesses
- Professor Paul Craig, Professor in English Law, St John’s College, Oxford
- Professor Trevor Hartley, London School of Economics





2 comments:
Whether it can or not is entirely irrelevant. Throughout history treaties have been broken.
What could/would they do if we told them to stick it where the sun don't shine?
Sweet FA.
To be or not to be? - Will the Euro survive?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgItl1_RCI4
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