Graham

So Labour have had their nose seriously bloodied in the Euro Election results, UKIP have had a resounding boost and what do we get from Labour?

Do we get an admission that maybe they've totally mis-read the views of the British public and they're going to re-consider their strategy? Nope, we get Jack Straw desperately spinning this as a defeat for the *Tories* because there were massive protest votes against all the ruling parties in Europe and that they're going ahead with the final revison of the draft constitution *anyway*!!

Helloooo?? This is Reality calling Mr Straw! The protest vote was the kicking you got in the local elections! The European Elections is the British people saying they don't like what you're doing and telling you to think again!

So, have the Labour leadership lost the plot? Are they so committed to a misguided policy that they're like Captain Ahab, dragging the rest of us on to our doom because they can see nothing else?

Can anyone really now argue that the British Voting public *want* closer integration and the introduction of the Euro?

(Or am I exaggerating for effect?! ;-) )

What do people think?