http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/blog/2008/05/17/annoy-the-headbangers-vote-yes-on-the-lisbon-treaty Comments for "Annoy the Headbangers. Vote "Yes" on the Lisbon Treaty, OurKingdom " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/blog/2008/05/17/annoy-the-headbangers-vote-yes-on-the-lisbon-treaty#comment-461992 <p>Perhaps Ireland should vote &#39;no&#39; because everyone else is being denied a vote they&#39;re entitled to - &#39;democratic&#39; principles of the EU notwithstanding - and being railroaded into a constitution they&#39;ve already rejected in some cases. Although, by that same token, if Ireland voted no, they&#39;d still find a way to push it through without a second consultation; or just submit it to a later referendum to get the &#39;right&#39; result.</p> Sun, 18 May 2008 06:53:54 +0100 britologywatch comment 461992 at http://www.opendemocracy.net http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/blog/2008/05/17/annoy-the-headbangers-vote-yes-on-the-lisbon-treaty <p> <strong>Jason O&#39;Mahony:</strong> Apparently, if you’re against the Lisbon Treaty, you are either an unthinking eurosceptic, a laughing stock amongst continental constitutional amendment fetishists, or on the verge of being tossed out of the EU and into the North Atlantic. On the other hand, if you’re in favour of the treaty, you are the imperialist lackey of a European Pseudo-Empire, in the pay of Global Capitalist Overlords, or plotting to send your neighbour’s four year old to fight in the invasion of Saudi Arabia. Welcome to the calm and rational debate about the Lisbon treaty. </p> <p> I will be voting yes, despite the moronic antics of some on the yes side to get me to vote yes. Admittedly, many of the reasons advanced to vote yes are just plain dumb. Firstly, It’s a pretty mediocre treaty that does little to give Europe a real democratic structure, but it is marginally better than what we have now. It’s not vital to the future of Europe either, because we have the Nice treaty which is a perfectly good way of running the EU, and I know this because Bertie Ahern, Brian Cowan, Dick Roche and Enda Kenny said so.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/blog/2008/05/17/annoy-the-headbangers-vote-yes-on-the-lisbon-treaty" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/blog/2008/05/17/annoy-the-headbangers-vote-yes-on-the-lisbon-treaty">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/blog/2008/05/17/annoy-the-headbangers-vote-yes-on-the-lisbon-treaty#comment OurKingdom Lisbon Treaty ourkingdom OurKingdom Sat, 17 May 2008 13:56:08 +0100 OurKingdom 44641 at http://www.opendemocracy.net