The Treaty of Lisbon, ratified by... parliamentary vote. So that's okay then?

No. No it isn't. It's a good thing I'm a criminally-minded subversive with low-maintenance interests or I'd be pretty pissed off at the cost of living spiralling out of control now there's no-one democratically responsible to control it.

And who is rushing in to save us from this statist suspension of habeus corpus, taxation based on apportioned spenditure, and the right to assemble outside of public buildings (all now legally grey thanks to ToL)? Umm... probably the likes of me, and I don't think I'll poll too highly in my current state.