Was The Irish Vote Correct?

For the ordinary person this is a very convoluted document. Essentially, this document has been drawn and re-done numerous times.

It is exceedingly difficult, as you have different Nations with different cultures all competing with each other for preferential treatment.

Finally the politicians agreed. To their credit it was a lot of hard work. However, now came the test of trying to swing it with their populations.

Through past experience the Politicians knew that that would be very difficult. Therefore most countries in Europe just ratified the Constitution in their Parliaments without consulting their citizens, on the premise that they knew better than them;- sound familiar?

The Irish however had always insisted that any Constitutional changes must have a referendum by the people before their Parliament would agree to it.

The whole of Europe was waiting for the Irish to vote yes and if this occured the politicians were home and dry with the European Constitution. Mostly known as The Treaty of Lisbon

Historically, Ireland was always poor and under British subjucation for centuries. After gaining their freedom they were determined to preserve the rights of the people.

Within the last twenty years a phenomenam has occured and they now find themselves a wealthy Nation. This was almost entirely because the European Union pumped vast amounts of money into their economy and because large American multi-nationals decided to use Ireland as their base in Europe. Apple computers and Pratt and Whitney spring to mind.

But old habits die hard. The thing about the Irish, is that they are an `ornery people and they get away with this because it's part of their charm. Simply put, it means they like to be difficult.

Secondly, they are fierce proud of their beautiful little country and rightly so.

The Irish government were almost certain that they would get a yes vote. Consequently, they were complacent and did not manage to convince the electorate, even though they thought it would imperil Ireland if they voted no.

However into this equation came a new organisation who jumped in and worked hard and made a big difference and I personally agree with them.

So you understand.

The European Constitution in it's entirity would confuse most highly trained lawyers and so the Irish citizen thought he was being conned.

Despite their reputation for liking brawls, the Irish are actualy pacifists and Ireland is a neutral country. Therefore they thought that they would be drawn into wars as part of Europe and compromise their neutrality.

They are also strongly Catholic and also believed that some of their beliefs would be comprised; a small example, pro- life.

The other thing is,"nobody tells me what to do."

These are only my opinions and not necessarily correct but I think the Irish did;

THE RIGHT THING

There has been great disenchantment within government circles about the outcome.

There has been a great scurrying of European Presidents coming and going to try and convince the Irish to change their mind.

The Irish government are talking about holding another referendum with dire warnings of the consequences of voting no again.

At present this has been pushed into the background as a result of worldwide economic problems.

It may seem hard to believe but the EU and the Irish government are still trying to ensure that another referendum is held. They managed to get away with something similar before and are hoping for the same results again.

For the life of me I cannot understand this. Perhaps they are trying to follow the lessons of certain African countries where you do not condone the peoples views. Unless they coincide with what you as a Government want irrespective that the people have already spoken.

Anyway within the corridors of power the moves have begun to have another referendum and this time if the vote is not 'Yes' then God help the Irish. I will keep you posted on this thread as events unfold.

They have done it, there is going to be another referendum God save us and unfortunately it appears at this time the people are swinging back towards a yes vote essentially because they need to borrow more money.

Libertas has been slow to re-act. Hundreds of years ago a great American President said," You cannot have security on borrowed money."

When will we ever learn? I often yearn for men like good old Honest Abe.