Poll shows no appetite for Lisbon II: Ganley

This morning's TNS/MRBI opinion poll in the Irish Times shows that there is no public support for any attempt to re-run the Lisbon referendum, Libertas chairman Declan Ganley said this morning.

Responding to the poll, Mr Ganley said that it showed that, even with significant tinkering, Lisbon would not win the support of a majority of the Irish people.

"First, it comes as no surprise that the Irish Times did not have their pollsters ask people the obvious question: 'Do you want a second referendum?'. I suspect they knew all too well what the answer to that question would be," he said.

"Secondly, it should give the elites in Brussels significant pause to see a poll which shows that even with significant tinkering, their Frankenstein's version of Lisbon would not win anything close to majority support from the Irish electorate, nor would it if it were put to referendum anywhere else across Europe."

"Thirdly, previous experience has shown that these polls often underestimate the "No" vote and I would remind people that the last published poll before the referendum in June showed the Yes campaign with a slightly larger lead than this."