Am I the only person who thinks the hoo-hah about the agreement on the EU Constitution is all a bit pointless? No doubt our Glorious Leaders have found a text they find agreeable, but it must still face one major hurdle: the population of the Union. Eight countries have already declared that they will hold referenda and 14 remain undecided. I'm not sure about the likelihood of success in other European countries, but in the UK the chances of the constitution being ratified by the people of this country is virtually nill. Even if there's a second referendum when people make the "wrong" decision (as happened in Ireland with the Nice Treaty) I find it hard to believe that even Teflon Tony's going to get this through.