SIR – What a result on Friday when the Irish said ‘no’ to the EU Lisbon Treaty, 862,415 votes to 752,451! Declan Ganley, of the anti-treaty lobby group Libertas, said: “It is a great day for Irish democracy,” while, unsurprisingly, EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said he didn’t think this was a vote against the EU.
So where does this leave the EU treaty, you might ask.
Well, this treaty requires that all member states ratify it before it can come into force.
You might well think the treaty is dead, but, if you remember, this is the old EU Constitution which was resurrected, like a zombie with a new wardrobe. Could we be set for another resurrection?
It is also important to note that amendment 32 of the Lisbon Treaty which asked that the European Parliament “undertake to respect the outcome of the referendum in Ireland” was rejected by the EU, 499 MEPs voted against, only 129 voted in favour of this motion, and 33 abstained.
It makes you wonder if anything can derail this undemocratic juggernaut.
Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford
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