According to Global Vision, a eurosceptic think tank, 73% of British voters want a referendum on the EU treaty constitution. What a surprise.

Sadly, we won’t get what we wish for, because the UK is not a democracy. Its an Oligarchy, where a small, unelected, ruling class tells our elected representatives what to say and what to do. Our representatives’ job is to represent the policies of the Oligarchy to us, the voters. Those that do the best sales pitch, and make the most progress pushing forward the Oligarch’s agenda, get elected next time round.

Waken up, folks! There’s nothing an Oligarchy fears more than a politically active public. Don’t lie down and except this!

On the 6th November, the European Commission is to propose (pdf warning) that data is collected on anyone flying into or out of the EU. The data to be collected is almost exactly the same as that being collected under the controversial EU-US PNR scheme. Every passenger’s data is to be subject to a “risk assessment” which could lead to questioning or refusal of entry. The data is to be kept for 5 years (EU-US scheme is 7 years) and then for a further 8 years in a “dormant” database (the same as the EU-USA scheme).

It should be noted that this is a proposal for legislation by the Commission which the Council - in its secret working parties - can change at will (and ignore European Parliament’s opinion under “consultation”).

So here we have another proposal from a non-elected body, which our elected representatives can’t change, which could be extended arbitrarily to include every EU citizen, and which places everyone under suspicion without any right to know how the data is being used or to whom the data is given for further processing.

Democracy’s great, isn’t it?