Boil of Lisbon lanced by Lech

Polish President Lech Kaczynski has won friends across Europe by valiantly defying the Brussels Cabal and kicking the Lisbon Treaty into the long grass. There is no point signing this document he has declared.

Here is a man who at least knows how to haggle. Imagine what concessions our government could have wrung out of treaty negotiations if they held referendums.