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Early voting brisk in the Irish Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty | 340 comments (340 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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I suppose it avoids them having to confront the fact that the population have every reason not to trust them on maintaining our neutrality.

Indeed. But the EU has nothing to do with that. (See: Shannon.)

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by DoDo on Fri Jun 13th, 2008 at 10:33:49 AM EST
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But the political groups asking them to vote yes DO.

by irishhead on Fri Jun 13th, 2008 at 10:45:55 AM EST
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So it didn't matter what was in the Lisbon Treaty at all?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jun 13th, 2008 at 10:47:04 AM EST
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touche. But hey - the EU is big and we don't run it, so we must be against it.

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Fri Jun 13th, 2008 at 10:46:14 AM EST
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Well I'd imagine at the end of the day the reasons for a yes vote people had were just as confused and incoherent with a mix of left and right and blind trust involved.

A lot of FOLLOW LEADER LEADER going on there too and that is not always good.

The politicians are really really furious and the barely concealed contempt for the no vote is something to see at present.

by irishhead on Fri Jun 13th, 2008 at 10:52:11 AM EST
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barely concealed contempt for the no vote

If anything, they are hypocrites of high order.

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by DoDo on Fri Jun 13th, 2008 at 11:05:31 AM EST
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