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[waider]

So the Lisbon Vote came in as a fairly solid No. Curiously, I'm pretty sure my referendum booklet advised me that if this was the case, the entire treaty was hosed as it requires a unanimous ratification by all member states of the EU and, er, we've kinda broken that.

Good things: hurrah, democracy! 53.1% turnout for a Constitutional amendment isn't exactly song and dance material, but it's better than I expected, and it definitely reflects the fact that some people do care about this stuff.

Bad things: having to put up with the harping morons of Coir for the next month while they smugly tell everyone how they "won".

Amusement: Firstly, taking someone else's line: how are the anti-treaty U.K. tabloids going to cope with the fact that Sinn Féin are in some part responsible for "saving" them from the treaty? Secondly, the results weren't even out yesterday before the main opposition party turned on the incumbents claiming the negative outcome was a result of the referendum being held too close to the change of leadership. This would be the same party who last week (or perhaps the week before) were clamouring for cross-party unity to present a single-faced Yes campaign. A week, as they say, is a long time in politics.

Comments

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

What's this Lisbon Vote about then?

[waider.livejournal.com]

Referendum on the 28th amendment to the Irish Constitution.

[bitpuddle.livejournal.com]

The French are gong to be very upset with you.

[waider.livejournal.com]

Yes, well, the last time we asked them to help out with our politics they didn't deliver, so.

[mopti.livejournal.com]

The papa (who is Hon President of the cumann) was not amused when I pointed out to him that in his local FF TD must be worried that the Workers' Party took 60% of the vote in the referendum in his constituency.

[waidesworld.livejournal.com]

Hearing some of the comments here, a lot of people got out to vote to say NO....because they were against change. What the papers should have covered was two broadsheets, one showing the implications of a YES vote and the other for the NO vote. The less informed might have been more informed, not that this would necessarily have changed the outcome...but 53% turnout...we will be lucky to have 45% for the Obama/McCain showdown in November