A YouGov survey, conducted for Open Europe this week, shows that 14 per cent thought the Government should ratify the Lisbon Treaty. Indeed, only 29% of British people even want to stay in the European Union. So what does "our" Parliament do....?

On a lighter note an Irish MEP reminds us of the happy innocence of our youth, when Irish jokes were still permitted and Dave Allen was the funniest man on television.