Looks like we'll be going down the referendum route again.
The wording will be interesting.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0228/euro-business.html
The wording will be interesting.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0228/euro-business.html
"Bend over and think of Ireland", perhaps?The wording will be interesting.
The wording will be interesting.
What are people voting Yes or No to? Anyone actually read what is being proposed?
I'm voting no to the further surrender of national sovereignty.What are people voting Yes or No to? Anyone actually read what is being proposed?
I'm voting no to the further surrender of national sovereignty.
I'm voting no to the further surrender of national sovereignty.
Me too.
Surely the deal is that we have to keep spending v tax receipts to a much lower level than we currently do ? i.e. that we can't borrow our way out as we have been doing for zonks. This can't be a bad thing. I don't see it as a bad thing either that Germany and France will keep an eye on what our great idiots who seem to want to spend today as long as they are still getting paid and to hell with the next lot that come up in 20 years time. If we go bust this will have to happen straight away (the spend v tax receipt balance will be have to be equal).
Surely the deal is that we have to keep spending v tax receipts to a much lower level than we currently do ? i.e. that we can't borrow our way out as we have been doing for zonks. This can't be a bad thing. I don't see it as a bad thing either that Germany and France will keep an eye on what our great idiots who seem to want to spend today as long as they are still getting paid and to hell with the next lot that come up in 20 years time. If we go bust this will have to happen straight away (the spend v tax receipt balance will be have to be equal).
To be fair, it is very easy to criticise politicians but this was a brave decision. Would have been easy for the AG to say it wasn't needed. There is pressure in places like France for the people there to have a referendum but they won't. Of course it could backfire on us as well.
Having said that, wonder if this is just a clever gamble by the Government in that they know the EU will probabaly have to bribe us for a 'yes' vote. Reckon we will be seeing movement on the Anglo Promissary Notes before the Referendum.