Lisbon Treaty defeated in mock referendum in UK

[eurosceptic]

How representative would luton be? I doubt ITV are so biased as to deliberately pick an unrepresentative region. Perhaps the luton result matches previous general elections etc in the same way that carlow seems to be our barometer. We can see why gordon brown chickened out of the referendum.

[Big Bobo]

That is precisely the point, it was in our interests, because the Irish Presidency who negotiated the Constitution made very sure that it was.

Yes because this governemnt always does what's in the interests of the Irish people! It was in the interests of IBEC and not the people.

[evercloserunion]

Yes because this governemnt always does what's in the interests of the Irish people! It was in the interests of IBEC and not the people.

And that's exactly what all far-left arguments come down to; democracy isn't democratic.

[eurosceptic]

As i said before representative democracy = government by golden circle. The negotiators were not looking after the irish people but special interest groups.

[evercloserunion]

As i said before representative democracy = government by golden circle. The negotiators were not looking after the irish people but special interest groups.

You can say it all you want but that doesn't make it true. The fact of the matter is that these people are democratically accountable to the people.