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About LinkBacksSo from Michael Martin's own mouth the government streategy for Lisbon 2 is not to focus on Lisbon at all but to attempt to scare the bejesus out of everyone.
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So from Michael Martin's own mouth the government streategy for Lisbon 2 is not to focus on Lisbon at all but to attempt to scare the bejesus out of everyone.
Irish Examiner | Irish News | News from Ireland
Thread about this this already.
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Bloody marvellous. What fools elected these clowns?Originally Posted by kerrynorth
Never let the best be the enemy of the good.
The same ones who voted NO but hell that's Democracy , have you an alternative system?
Sovereignty is Democracy
Says it all.
This is on a par with the US Congressman defending Nixon to the bitter end with the immortal cry - Don't confuse me with the facts.
"There isn’t a country of the 17 euro countries at present who could carry this in a referendum, there isn’t a single country bar Ireland." - Minister for Finance, on Bloomberg tv.
Why use leveraged borrowings to recapitalise banks in a way that makes the public carry the debt if the banks fail to repay?
People are scared anyway. The referendum will be between fear and anger. Anything can happen. It may will go through this time but if people support it out of fear the long-term damage to our democracy will be substantial.
Nope - I'll have to work within the present system for the reversal of both those bad choices.
Never let the best be the enemy of the good.
This is an obvious strategy for ther government (let FG deal with the details)
1) In relation to details, only lawyers, nerds and the utterly dishonest understand them anyway. If you have to explain you are losing.
2) People can download a copy of the bloody thing themselves.
3) Going for the big picture is always far better to sell an International Treaty to people (think stepping stones and the Articles of Association for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland - do you think they got bogged down about Treaty Ports, pensions or annunities in 1922?*).
eg
a) Europe has been good to us so far and this is simply the next step to stary part of the inner club.
b) We do not want to be Iceland
c) The Treaty does not change the situation that much anyway, and where it does those who deal with it are happy with the changes.
d) The Foreign affairs position allows us more influence on Gaza.
e) We will use the EU to get the Germans to reduce their Greenhouse emissions after all why should we go it alone?
f) Voting No is bad for the economy.
It may be less honest, but it is far more effective (another round of argunig what Article 48 means, anyone).
*Multitext - "Articles of Agreement as signed, 6 December 1921"
Apparently this is still a recognised International Treaty, despite having being formerly revoked by the Westminster and by us implicitly in 1937.
It's about trust, you know.
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