DAILY MAIL: Gordon Brown is today poised to sign Britain up to the revived EU constitution, dismissing claims from David Cameron that if he breaks his pledge to hold a referendum "no one will trust him on anything else".
The Prime Minister is flying to Lisbon ready to accept the controversial new blueprint despite mounting protests at home.
Downing Street said it hoped the final text could be agreed by the end of the first day of a two-day summit of EU leaders, suggesting Mr Brown does not intend to raise any objections.
In the Commons, the Prime Minister again refused to give way to demands for a referendum, insisting the treaty was an 'amending' document and not a new constitution.
A series of other EU leaders have admitted the new document is almost identical to the 2005 constitution, on which Labour promised a referendum before it was rejected by voters in France and Holland.
It will still create an EU president, give the EU its own "legal personality" like that of a country, end Britain's right to veto EU policy in more than 40 areas, and strengthen EU courts. Gordon Brown is set to fly out for the great European Union cave in
Mark Alexander
