As an example of the shabby and underhanded way the government of Gordon Brown has dealt with the issue of the Lisbon Treaty Ratification take a look at this.... it's a bit long but it is worth persisting with...
Article Text- I Want a Referendum
Cutting Parliamentary time for debate, no line-by-line scrutiny, vital issues completely ignored - We are being sold down the river by a government composed of liars, cheats and institutionalised incompetants.
Maybe that much maligned and "irrelevant" body, The House of Lords, is all that now stands between a soveriegn United Kingdom and a Federal Europe.
If you care who your country belongs to, start emailing their Lordships NOW!