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For Too Long, Decisions Have Been Taken Behind Closed Doors - Tablets Of Stone Have Simply Been Past Down To People Without Bothering To Involve People, Listen To Their Views Or Give Them Information About What We Are Doing And Why.

I Have Moved On From Being A British Parliamentarian, I Have Moved On From Being A New Labour Politician, I Have Moved On From Being The Supporter In The Active Day-to-day Sense Of Tony Blair.

If The Constitutional Treaty Is Rejected It Will Be Back To Square One, Just At A Time When We Want Europe To Be A More Effective Force For Good In The World, When We Need To Buttress Ourselves Against The Pressures And Insecurities Of Globalization.

Europe Has To Address People's Needs Directly And Reflect Their Priorities, Not Our Own Preoccupations.

Essentially We Need A New Social Consensus For Economic Reform As New Labour Has Achieved In Britain.