24 February 2010
Nikki speaking to the EU Parliament about Human Rights

Whilst the Commission is very keen on defining our Human Rights we British have known since the 13th century exactly where we have stood -

I am afraid to say the Lisbon treaty is but a pale shadow of our Magna Carta.

The Commission likes to see itself as a global actor, in the area of Human Rights and seems keen to judge others and to offer help and advice.

However, it should take a look at itself.

I find it ironic that whilst the EU rightly supports the rights of Kashmiris, who patiently await a referendum on the right to self-determination that they were promised by the United Nations in 1947, the Commission actively seeks to take away competence from its own member states in the important areas of high policy, via the Lisbon Treaty.

In fact, this brings me onto the subject of a referendum that was promised to the British electorate, but which simply never happened.

Therefore my electorate await self-determination along with the Kashmiris