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Four reasons for a No, and four more not to vote Yes - The Irish Times - 18 Sep 2009

  • 19-09-2009 1:16am
    #1
    naitkris
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    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0918/1224254794768.html and in print edition.

    Opinion & Analysis by Tony Allwright

    LIKE FRANKENSTEIN’s monster, here comes the Lisbon Treaty once more, rising from the undead. Though 66 million French and Dutch voters were simply bypassed to avoid more pesky referendums, Ireland’s Constitution precludes such an elegant solution, forcing a second vote on the same treaty.

    ...


    Interesting read.


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  • #2
    Scofflaw
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    It's also already being discussed - do please check existing threads before posting.

    Leaving open for the moment.

    moderately,
    Scofflaw


  • #3
    marco_polo
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    naitkris wrote: »
    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0918/1224254794768.html and in print edition.

    Opinion & Analysis by Tony Allwright



    Interesting read.

    Yes, it was especially interesting that didn't know that it was the Nice treaty that Lisbon was amending and was digging around in Masstrict and Rome ones instead, and was wondering why he could not find article 269. I think a lawyer would have no trouble on that score at least. I couldn't read the rest of the article through my tears of laughter.

    Did he make any other interesting points?

    Didn't think anything could possibly ever make me miss John Walters :eek:


  • #4
    Dinner
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    naitkris wrote: »
    Interesting read.

    Not really. Nothing new in it. Just the same old 'arguments' about the legallity of the guarantees and up to 85% of laws come from Brussels.

    I note he didn't point out the particular clause in the constitutions of France and Holland that required a referendum for the Constitution but not for Lisbon. Wonder why...


  • #5
    BlitzKrieg
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    funny that when the irish times puts up an article in faour of lisbon there are calls of bias.


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