Firstly they forced ratification of the Lisbon treaty by deception and broken promises, now the Government are trying to force Tony Blair on us as the first European President.

David Miliband poured his sycophantic praise on the former Prime Minister yesterday on the Andrew Marr show and is due to redouble his efforts today when he puts a case for a strong UK presence at the centre of a reinvigorated Europe.

LabourLost understands that Miliband has abandoned the idea of running for the new role of EU Foreign Minister preferring instead to shoehorn his former boss into the more powerful role in an attempt to ensure some form of PLP continuity should the forthcoming General Election prove as disastrous as feared.

It won’t be all plain sailing though as along with Poland the BeNeLux countries are proving somewhat difficult and are presenting at least some credible opposition to the Blair campaign efforts.

There is further hope for anti-Blair campaigners in that there are those [within Europe's top posts] who are worried about his forthcoming appearance at the centre of the Chilcot enquiry into the Iraq War.

It is clear from David Miliband’s comments that he is seeking the role for Tony Blair providing Political leaders give the role enough ‘clout’. Yesterday Mr Miliband urged other EU leaders to choose an international figure as president rather than an unknown ‘business manager’.

In one final thought let us not forget that it is the broken manifesto promise of this Labour Government of a referendum on the EU Constitution which became the Lisbon Treaty [simply a name change] that allows the creation of this EU Presidential role; where’s the justice in that?

When you look at it like that you can see why they pushed the treaty through without allowing the democratic process to run its course in our once Great Britain.