Pat Cox answers Boards.ie questions about the Lisbon Treaty

Darragh · 30-09-2009 5:51pm #1

Opportunist that I am, on the way back from interviewing Eamon Ryan today, I saw the Ireland For Europe press call at St Stephen's Green and I nabbed Pat Cox, Director of Ireland for Europe and former president of the European Parliament to answer questions about the Treaty as posed to Eamon Ryan and Joe Costello and here's what he had to say:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhTB3gfrDQQ

Apologies for dodgy sound and camera angles!

rebelmind · 30-09-2009 5:53pm

I nominate Pat for an OBE, God save the Queen!

sceptre · 30-09-2009 5:54pm

Kudos Darragh - you go out for one interview and come back with three:)

Jack Sheehan · 30-09-2009 5:59pm

Saw Pat at the UCD debate the other night. He's top notch at explaining the treaty.

floydmoon1 · 30-09-2009 6:05pm

Did you interview anyone from the No Side

rebelmind · 30-09-2009 6:07pm

floydmoon1 wrote: »

Did you interview anyone from the No Side

LOL.
You kidding
He did say he was an opportunist.

ei.sdraob · 30-09-2009 6:13pm

He explained the benefits of voting YES quite well

well done

thebigcheese22 · 30-09-2009 6:15pm

rebelmind wrote: »

I nominate Pat for an OBE, God save the Queen!

Whats your point?? :rolleyes:

The yes side arent the ones siding with the Tories and UKIP, the big fans of the Queen

Anyways back on topic, I totally disagree with Cox's neo-liberal policies but he is a very good speaker and explains the Treaty in a very accesible and easy way. Was at an Ireland for Europe talk that he gave and he pulled out the Alive magazine to many peoples suprise. He really did show the hypocrisy of that magazine and he went up in my estimation by the fact he doesn't bow to Catholic crazies like many Irish politicians.

free-man · 30-09-2009 6:16pm

floydmoon1 wrote: »

Did you interview anyone from the No Side

As an admin of Lisbon Treaty answers I think this is a fair request.

ei.sdraob · 30-09-2009 6:18pm

free-man wrote: »

As an admin of Lisbon Treaty answers I think this is a fair request.

Yes get hold of Ganley (apparently hes the spokesman for the who NO side according to certain posters)

we boardsies would fry him for dinner and eat him alive with tough questions!

free-man · 30-09-2009 6:18pm

Darragh wrote: »

Apologies for dodgy sound and camera angles!

Are you not supposed to give your opinion on this rather than just posting video links to 3rd party sites?

prinz · 30-09-2009 6:19pm

free-man wrote: »

As an admin of Lisbon Treaty answers I think this is a fair request.

I don't think Boards.ie is covered by the BCI tbh and if you had followed the interviews you will find only one was planned. Likewise it's good to see people talk without the hysterics of lies and misquoting the Treaty.

floydmoon1 · 30-09-2009 6:20pm

free-man wrote: »

Are you not supposed to give your opinion on this rather than just posting video links to 3rd party sites?

I had a thread closed yesterday for not doing this.
Is there one law for yes voters and a different for no voters.

free-man · 30-09-2009 6:24pm

What a crock

He's actually arguing that if Ireland vote no and the UK vote no that Ireland will get the blame for being the catalyst for a No vote.

I've seen logic twisted but this takes the biscuit.

ei.sdraob · 30-09-2009 6:25pm

floydmoon1 wrote: »

I had a thread closed yesterday for not doing this.
Is there one law for yes voters and a different for no voters.

if you can get hold of a NO spokesperson

why not organize contact between them and boards

im sure they wouldnt be refused an interview

you know what they say, "less talking more doing, so chop chop"

boards is not REFCOM or RTE they are not obliged to serve any side

/

heyjude · 30-09-2009 6:27pm

Jack Sheehan wrote: »

Saw Pat at the UCD debate the other night. He's top notch at explaining the treaty.

Doesn't Pat work as a lobbyist nowadays ? If so, then he'd obviously be very good at presenting his point of view

moondogspot · 30-09-2009 6:29pm

floydmoon1 wrote: »

I had a thread closed yesterday for not doing this.

Is there one law for yes voters and a different for no voters.

It's boards worst kept secret.

Darragh · 30-09-2009 6:29pm

floydmoon1 wrote: »

Did you interview anyone from the No Side

No one - and I've contacted as many organisations as I could - either responded to us or made themselves available. In addition, I haven't seen any of the No side out campaigning to be able to talk to to ask!!

Darragh · 30-09-2009 6:30pm

free-man wrote: »

As an admin of Lisbon Treaty answers I think this is a fair request.

As I say - no one got back to me. If you know anyone I can talk to, please let me know!

Darragh · 30-09-2009 6:31pm

ei.sdraob wrote: »

Yes get hold of Ganley (apparently hes the spokesman for the who NO side according to certain posters)

we boardsies would fry him for dinner and eat him alive with tough questions!

I'll try - no promises but... I have contacted him already and got no answer...

Darragh · 30-09-2009 6:33pm

free-man wrote: »

Are you not supposed to give your opinion on this rather than just posting video links to 3rd party sites?

Sorry, maybe you don't know who I am? I'm the Boards.ie Community Manager, which means part of my job is to help get great, exclusive content like this. That is me in the video there, etc. I've already discussed this with the politics moderators and they haven't said anything...

For the record, not that it should be, I am still undecided on how I'll vote.

Darragh · 30-09-2009 6:34pm

ei.sdraob wrote: »

if you can get hold of a NO spokesperson

why not organize contact between them and boards

im sure they wouldnt be refused an interview

you know what they say, "less talking more doing, so chop chop"

boards is not REFCOM or RTE they are not obliged to serve any side

/

We have tried! If you can be of any help, please do let me know.

Darragh · 30-09-2009 6:36pm

floydmoon1 wrote: »

I had a thread closed yesterday for not doing this.
Is there one law for yes voters and a different for no voters.

You do know I'm employed by Boards.ie Ltd as a Community Manager, yes? I don't think I'm pushing any sort of "Yes" or "No" agenda here, just presenting the questions that people were invited to ask.

free-man · 30-09-2009 6:38pm

Darragh wrote: »

Sorry, maybe you don't know who I am? I'm the Boards.ie Community Manager, which means part of my job is to help get great, exclusive content like this.

That's great. Well done for getting the exclusive content.

You should definitely try to get Ganley on tape aswell, I'm sure he'd have no problem with it.

It would be interesting to get your opinion on the video, as others have noted, they've got threads closed down for not doing this as it goes against the forum charter.

ei.sdraob · 30-09-2009 6:43pm

free-man wrote: »

That's great. Well done for getting the exclusive content.

You should definitely try to get Ganley on tape aswell, I'm sure he'd have no problem with it.

It would be interesting to get your opinion on the video, as others have noted, they've got threads closed down for not doing this as it goes against the forum charter.

why dont you contact him 093 43900 @free-man and ask him why hes not returning an invitation?

free-man · 30-09-2009 6:47pm

ei.sdraob wrote: »

why dont you contact him 093 43900 @free-man and ask him why hes not returning an invitation?

I'd prefer to email him if you can pm me his personal address.

You obviously know him if your posting his phone number online.

thebigcheese22 · 30-09-2009 6:48pm

ei.sdraob wrote: »

why dont you contact him 093 43900 @free-man and ask him why hes not returning an invitation?

But when he doesn't reply it will shatter free-man's God-like image of the man... Don't do it free-man!

A practical thing like that of course would destroy the No side's big conspiracy that everyone's-against-us so obviously he won't

ei.sdraob · 30-09-2009 6:52pm

free-man wrote: »

I'd prefer to email him if you can pm me his personal address.

You obviously know him if your posting his phone number online.

Thats the phone number shared by Libertas and his Company which sells military equipment to the US

you can also pm @FutureTaoiseach he is either Declan himself or very close to him

or email any of these guys > http://www.rivada.com/7130879/contactus.htm

free-man · 30-09-2009 7:06pm

ei.sdraob wrote: »

Thats the phone number shared by Libertas and his Company which sells military equipment to the US

you can also pm @FutureTaoiseach he is either Declan himself or very close to him

or email any of these guys > http://www.rivada.com/7130879/contactus.htm

Will do.

If i get a reply I'll put you in touch.

free-man · 30-09-2009 7:08pm

thebigcheese22 wrote: »

But when he doesn't reply it will shatter free-man's God-like image of the man... Don't do it free-man!

A practical thing like that of course would destroy the No side's big conspiracy that everyone's-against-us so obviously he won't

Only Cantona is god-like I'm afraid :P

thebigcheese22 · 30-09-2009 10:32pm

free-man wrote: »

Only Cantona is god-like I'm afraid :P

Touche...

Red Sleeping Beauty · 30-09-2009 11:05pm

Darragh wrote: »

No one - and I've contacted as many organisations as I could - either responded to us or made themselves available. In addition, I haven't seen any of the No side out campaigning to be able to talk to to ask!!

Higgins was in town at the GPO with a megaphone today.

Cheers for another interview Darragh.
Ireland for Europe's claims of what will happen if Lisbon Treaty is rejected are rotten though.

thebigcheese22 · 02-10-2009 11:02am

Alan Rouge wrote: »

Higgins was in town at the GPO with a megaphone today.

Cheers for another interview Darragh.
Ireland for Europe's claims of what will happen if Lisbon Treaty is rejected are rotten though.

As opposed to Coir and Libertas' claim that abortion,euthanasia, child-eating monsters will be introduced if Lisbon is ratified? Rotten indeed...

Pat Cox answers Boards.ie questions about the Lisbon Treaty

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