Anyone else getting a nasty taste of déjà vu? I mean, all the European leaders have already signed an EU constitution, only to be royally smacked down by some of their pesky voters. So they’ve obviously learned; they’re not going to ask their voters.

And Brown knows how well that’ll play, which is why he sent a pleb to sign it in public; he left his signing of it until later, when there’d be no joyful celebrations as he signed away quite a bit in the way of national sovereignty.

So he’s not only a total bastard, but he’s ashamed of it. And rightly so.