Quote Originally Posted by thepoopatorium
My god this thread has become quite animated this last 24 hrs. Handbags out, too. Calm yourselves, folks!

Thanks for the suggestions on points, I'm gonna have a look at several more aspects, and further (particularly the enhanced cooperation thing).

Mike, thanks for your detailed reply. I'm afraid some of the things you pointed out have probably stemmed from the fact I'm a layman trying to make sense of this thing, so there's bound to be an element of simplifying. Hopefully there's no howling mistakes!

That damn QMV thing is so confusing, I'm gonna have to particularly look at that one again (shudder... numbers make my head hurt).

And, yes, there is some bias creeping in here- particularly in the 2nd post. This is inevitable as I'm pretty solidly Yes now, but I've stuck to facts, and (again particularly in the 2nd post when being somewhat bolder) gone to the actual text of the treaty to confirm & clarify things.

Thanks a million for the interest!
No problem. It's pretty well written, well thought out, and the point that you admitted your bias was good. You made more sense that most, if not all, the "professionals", even though I don't agree with your voting angle.

All the best,
mike