The current Irish voice is Charlie McCreepy, remember? Who wants him speaking for you?

I think the decision to reduce the number of commissioners was crazy - it gave the No side a tangible stick with which to beat the yes side.  What's so wrong with having 27 or more commissioners?  Hell, there are more ministers in the Irish Government.  As the EU grows in depth as well as extent - with more competencies devolved to the Commission there will be ample work for them to do.  The saving in financial terms was in any case miniscule.  

If we do decide we need to have a second referendum, that is one concrete change that could be made to justify it - to give every country back "their" Commissioner - would be a popular move and could help to justify having a re-run in Ireland.  It could be presented as a positive outcome for the no side without disadvantaging anyone else in Europe.

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