The question before the supreme court in 1987 was whether the european club of SEA was substantially different from the european club of TOR. Ray crotty outlined a number of reasons why he thought it was, the court agreed with him on one point. One point is enough.
Even stephen collins admitted TCOFR and the common defence pact were new.
The charter radically changes the EU as for the first time the ECJ will be able to strike down legislation based on conflict with vague "fundamental rights". This gives radical new powers to the ECJ which surely changes the scope of our membership.

Still no-one will address my initial post on this thread. If the czech senate says no and declares the treaty dead do we blow 25 million on a pointless referendum.