Brits Refuse to Toe the Euroweenie Line

The British are part of the European Union, but they're fighting to maintain their autonomy.  They've hung on to their own currency, and this move by Parliament shows they're not just going to blindly follow whatever the Euroweenies want:

MPs mounted an historic defense of Britain’s sovereign right to make its own decisions last night by defying demands from the European courts to hand prisoners the vote.

They voted overwhelmingly to maintain a 140-year-old ban on convicts ­taking part in elections because, they said, those who commit a crime have ‘broken their contract with society’.

The decisive stance plunged Parliament into an unprecedented stand-off against the European Court of Human Rights.

After six hours of impassioned debate, MPs voted by 234 to 22 – a majority of 212 – to defy a ruling from the ECHR that the ban must be overturned.

Dozens of Conservative backbenchers lined up to insist that after decades of toeing the line, the time has come for Britain to tell unelected Strasbourg judges that they have overstepped their authority.

Those Euroweenies would make great Democrats. The same move has gone on here in several states where Democrats want to give felons the vote. Professional courtesy.