Saturday, 13 December 2008

Two for some, none for others

The Irish had a referendum on the Lisbon Constitution/Treaty, and they rejected it fairly dramatically. Now they are to be "allowed" to vote again, having been offered concessions not offered to the remaining 26 countries.

What happens if they say "No" again? Will they be offered more concessions, and will other countries demand the right to these concessions? Or is their "Yes", mostly by their politicians rather than the people themselves, final in the way the Irish "No" was not?

Most of all, how is it that the Irish can have two referenda, while we cannot even have one?

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