Originally Posted by Britannist

UKIP just got a mention on the BBC 1 Television news (at 10.14 pm) - BBC 'Europe' correspondent Mark Mardell said that the party was using a little known law to activate local parish council referendums on whether there should be a national vote on the EU 'Amending Treaty' (EU Constitution version 2). Film of people voting in one such parish referendum at East Stoke in Devon was shown.
Trevor Colman of the Alliance for Referendums said in the report "The EU 'Amending Treaty' will mean the end of democracy in the UK - all decisions will be made by people in hte EU meeting in secret and who are unaccountable."