Yes camp to ramp up fear factor as conviction fails

Has a yes campaign in a referendum ever sounded less enthusiastic about the proposal it is endorsing?

Fine Gael’s campaign director Simon Coveney admitted over the weekend that the fiscal treaty would “not by a long shot” solve all of Ireland’s problems.

Before that, Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin, also on the yes side, admitted the treaty was “by no means a panacea to all of our problems”.