Tony Benn: on Democracy and the EU Tony Benn recognised that the Maastricht Treaty was a capitulation by the British government to an unelected EU commission speaking as the elected member of Parliament and representative of Chesterfield he stated: I have five questions that I ask people who have power, and I recommend them to the House. If I … Continue reading Tony Benn: I cannot hand away powers lent to me for five years by the people of Chesterfield