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Ireland to hold referendum on Euro pact
vivatifosi
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Apparently they are convinced the people won't vote no:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ireland-to-hold-referendum-on-euro-pact-7462641.html
The Irish coalition government had hoped to avoid a vote, but advice from its Attorney-General said that one should be held. Ministers will now be campaigning strongly for an endorsement of the treaty and crossing their fingers that things go to plan, acutely aware that previous referendums have produced results which the authorities did not hope for or expect. Voters rejected the Lisbon Treaty in 2008 before passing it at the second time of asking a year later.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ireland-to-hold-referendum-on-euro-pact-7462641.html
The Irish coalition government had hoped to avoid a vote, but advice from its Attorney-General said that one should be held. Ministers will now be campaigning strongly for an endorsement of the treaty and crossing their fingers that things go to plan, acutely aware that previous referendums have produced results which the authorities did not hope for or expect. Voters rejected the Lisbon Treaty in 2008 before passing it at the second time of asking a year later.
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Let's hope they vote the right way first time
otherwise the EU will only make them do it again :rotfl: They only allow democracy under strict control, dissent is not allowed. [FONT="]“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]0 -
quite.
what a money-wasting sham, it'll be the lisbon treaty all over again. as if a 'no' vote is going to be accepted.'Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.'
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It'll be fun watching Cameron telling the Irish how absolutely vital it is that they sign up to the plan that he vetoed."It will take, five, 10, 15 years to get back to where we need to be. But it's no longer the individual banks that are in the wrong, it's the banking industry as a whole." - Steven Cooper, head of personal and business banking at Barclays, talking to Martin Lewis0
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Let's hope they vote the right way first time otherwise the EU will only make them do it again :rotfl: They only allow democracy under strict control, dissent is not allowed.
It reminds me of an old law they used to have in medieval England of 'perverse verdict' (or something similar - NDG?) where if a jury gave the wrong verdict they could be locked up to give them time to consider the judgement for a while before being given a chance to come up with a better one.
You've got to imagine that at some point an electorate will stop the madness. Compare and contrast Ireland and Iceland. As the FT put it, Greece agreed to be Germany's gimp in return for €130,000,000,000.0 -
Eire seems to have accepted the austerity measures as required by the ECB and IMF in order to receive bailout funding without complaint. So a totally different mentality to that seen in Greece.0
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