Posts Tagged ‘vote’
Lisbon: A Final Word
This Friday the people of Ireland will go to the polls and at this moment in time I have no doubt that the Lisbon Treaty will be approved by a majority YES vote. Yes, I advocate the NO vote but so too am I realistic with respect to the current state of play. Without offence to any individual, the YES side is made up of people whose jobs would not exist if they were not needlessly paid by somebody to be there and die hard Euro fanatics who would question their own mother before questioning the European Parliament, e.g. die hard trade unionists, politicians, minority businessmen whose [...]
I predicted it!
A couple of weeks back I was talking to Siân about what I perceived as the shameless pro-YES campaign being run for the Lisbon Treaty. I've been taking notes of the kind of voices that are being given air time from the NO side and the amount of YES side commentary and blatant lies that are being thrown around, coupled with ridiculous amounts of auld buddies from business lobby groups backing up their political friends. Anyhow, I made the remark that it would only be a matter of time before we saw an advert on RTE from Aer Lingus that told people that their deal for a trip Lisbon was just too [...]
Lisbon II – What’s Changed?
Last October the Irish people went to the polling booth to have their say on the Lisbon Treaty - the result was a definite NO. The path is now being paved for a second vote on the treaty; So, what's changed? Before the first Lisbon vote, many people had a great number of concerns about the Lisbon Treaty's content. Unusually despite this, every single, major political party supported the YES vote. The public were subjected to the opinions of ministers who openly admitted never reading the treaty document yet were convinced that YES was the only way to vote. After the NO vote won out, the [...]
I’m Dreaming of a Tight Christmas…
I'm dreaming of a tight Christmas, Just like the one in '84. When the minister's gone fishin' and people start wishin' To the sound of an economy gone below. I'm dreaming of a tight Christmas, With every pathetic government slight. You may take a ferry, or flight, And leave Ireland long out of sight. I'm dreaming of a tight Christmas, A Christmas when the future's shyte. They get a raise and you get plight, And may all your votes next year be spite. Merry Recession everybody!
