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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 10. January | 75 comments (75 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

they would be best to wait for a referendum till after a change of govt. I agree with the views that it will simply be used as a protest vote against the current Irish administration, which is no use whatsoever.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 04:32:54 PM EST
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No government should be allowed to call a referendum unless it includes an entirely separate confidence vote on the same ballot.

by det on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 05:35:01 AM EST
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that's a pretty good idea! (none / 0)

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 08:48:38 AM EST
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A good idea, but with the result that only popular governments will dare call a referendum. Thus, something like the Lisbon Treaty will just sit and sit, with the Irish government (for example) not daring to put it to referendum (because it would lose the confidence vote) but unable to ratify it any other way due to the constitution...

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 09:43:41 AM EST
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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 10. January | 75 comments (75 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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