We’re fiscally sick and tired of all this debating about treaty debates

THE one statement constantly made about the fiscal treaty is that we should have more debates about it.

We should have debates involving the Taoiseach on Vincent Browne’s programme. We should have debates between Gerry Adams and the yes side. We should have debates involving anybody from overseas, on either side, who wants to influence the vote. We should have debates with live audiences, tweets, and text messages.

To beg to differ is to be seen as trying to prevent the public getting the information it badly needs in order to make a crucial decision for the future of the nation. To beg to differ is to be seen as standing between Joe and Josephine Public and their hunger for data about the treaty.