Not so much. Here’s a reminder (via the Daily Telegraph) that the handover in 10 Downing Street was merely a matter of exchanging Scylla for Charybdis:

Senior European Union officials confirmed yesterday that Britain’s “red line” opt-out from the European Charter of Fundamental Rights is not worth the paper it is written on. Margot Wallström, the European Commission Vice-President, insisted that the charter will apply to huge swathes of British law, the 75 per cent or more that is derived from EU legislation..If the EU Treaty mandate agreed by Tony Blair is ratified, Gordon Brown will quickly find the charter, including a “right to strike”, becoming enforceable in the European courts as trade unions seek to roll back Margaret Thatcher’s reforms of the 1980s.