Bloomberg.com: Brown Wins Liberal Support for EU Treaty's Final Hurdle in U.K. - by Mark Deen

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Brown Wins Liberal Support for EU Treaty's Final Hurdle in U.K. - by Mark Deen

Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords plan to back Prime Minister Gordon Brown's effort to approve the European Union governing treaty, clearing the way for British ratification of the document rejected by Irish voters. ``We should finish the process, just as the Irish have completed theirs,'' Lord Tom McNally, leader of the 76 Liberal Democrats in the upper chamber, said in an interview. ``Our intention is to see the bill pass. We're not going to fall into the Conservative elephant traps along the way.'' The comments indicate that Brown's Labour government has enough strength in the House of Lords to win final approval for the Lisbon Treaty when lawmakers vote later today. The treaty can only take effect once all 27 EU countries endorse it. Irish voters vetoed it in a referendum last week.