Such sweeping assertions without any specific justifications have been characteristic of the No side.  Basically anything you were unhappy about could be blamed on the EU/Brussels bureaucrats/Irish Government/political establishment/Lisbon Treaty and now the Nice Treaty.  Take your pick.  If they wanted it, then this was a good opportunity to give them a good kick up the backside by voting no.

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