Just Say No or Yes

The EU Constitution was defeated in referendums in France and Holland three years ago.

So they tinkered with the words, changed the spacing between the lines and changed the typeface. This new version was called the Lisbon Treaty. This was signed by the Heads of State of the member countries... though the dithering coward that sits in No. 10 slithered in later in the day to put his signature on the document and tried to avoid the photo opportunity.

This Lisbon Treaty (EU Constitution) has to be ratified by all the member nations. Only Ireland was democratic enough to allow its citizens to vote in a referendum. The snivelling weasels that run the UK, having promised a referendum on the Constitution, reneged on their promise (but for anyone living in the UK for that last 10 years, why would you have believed a word they had said any way?).

The Irish said NO.

The 27-nation EU requires all its members to ratify the treaty, so our snivelling boy Milliband says the UK will press ahead with ratification - meaning there will be a vote in Parliament and the rest of us can get stuffed. In the true style of the EU, the French (who lost 4-1 to Holland) & Germans (who lost 2-1 to Croatia) have urged the EU to press ahead with the project. This implies a change in the rules to accommodate and ignore the defeat.

GF expects there will be a bit of a re-write (a comma will be moved, and some capitalisation changed) and the Irish will be asked to vote again and get it right this time. No doubt some huge EU subsidy will be contingent on them behaving... and we in the UK still won't get a say because the UK Government, an Executive Agency of the EU, daren't ask the question for fear of upsetting their masters in Brussels.

The Gorse Fox has his own views on whether the Treaty (Constitution) should be ratified or not - these views aren't relevant - what is relevant is that the electorate should be given a say, as they were promised. Then they can say Yes or No.