Letter published in The Northern Echo 14 June

Sir,

Despite the No vote on the EU Constitution in both France and the Netherlands and a head of any referendum in the UK, large chunks of the EU constitution are being implemented regardless of the democratic will of the people.

The setting up the EU's own world-wide diplomatic service and its police college in Hampshire, co-ordinating EU-wide police training and procedures, launching the EU's Galileo space programme and the European Defence Agency to create a European defence force and policy are all being currently implemented. The plan for an integrated 'United States of Europe' continues.

So much for Mr Blair's period ''of reflection''.

Peter Troy