‘I have never read the EU constitution’, admits Europe Minister Caroline Flint
The Daily Mail >> 31st March 2009
The Government minister responsible for the revived EU constitution made an astonishing gaffe by admitting she had never read it.
Europe Minister Caroline Flint admitted she had only been ‘briefed’ on parts of a document that surrenders a raft of British powers to Brussels.
Labour has refused to give British voters a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty on the grounds that it is ’substantially’ different to the dumped constitution.
But during a Commons debate, Ms Flint confessed she had not read all of the despised charter.
Critics said it was an ‘extraordinary admission’ to make.
Mark Francois, the Tory Europe spokesman, said: ”It is not every day that someone will admit they haven’t read the most important document for their job.
‘Her astonishing admission does leave some questions. How does she know if the Treaty is good for Britain if she hasn’t read it?