I wouldn’t want to overstate this, but with mounting dissent in France, Holland and Germany, there seems to be a slight whiff of 1848 in the air in Europe these days.

For example, looking at the increasingly encouraging signs that the Dutch are going to vote no to the wretched and impertinent insult that is the draft EU constitution on June 1st, the Economist has this to say:

“The no campaign points out that the same elite that signed up to the euro and allowed mass immigration with little public discussion is now lining up behind the EU constitution.”

Indeed they are – and it’s time to show this corrupt, complacent and profoundly malign elite the door. All of it.

And if you want to understand why the Dutch yes campaign has (so far) been so counterproductive, go here or read the comments of Dutch socialist MP Harry van Bommel, one of the fairly small number of Dutch parliamentarians opposed to the constitution:

“Mr Van Bommel also said Dutch people were being pushed towards a No vote because of the “ghost stories” being told by the government. “The justice minister has even said there is a chance of war in Europe if there is a No vote – referring to the break-up of the former republic of Yugoslavia. “The people in this country sometimes are not completely informed about what is going on, but they are not stupid. They are angry at the government for the fact that they are insulting their intelligence.”

They are right to be angry and kudos to van Bommel (a dreadful lefty, but still…) and, on the right, the courageous Geert Wilders, for pointing this out.

Nee’s the way.