We may be broke but we’re not stupid

SO we’re having a rerun of the vote on the exact same Lisbon Treaty on October 2 – what a travesty of democracy. The Wall Street Journal was correct when it said (June 26): “In some countries they rig votes, in the European Union they repeat votes to get the desired result.”

The best description I can think of for this act is “Mugabesque”.

The assorted Yes-men of our failed government have helped run the economy into the ground, yet still think we will listen to them – as they call for a transfer of power from the people of Ireland to EU institutions. All I can say to Taoiseach Brian Cowen is – “we may be broke, but we’re not stupid.”

This is the exact same Lisbon Treaty we voted on last year. British prime minister Gordon Brown has said “the protocol will clarify but not change either the content or the application of the Treaty of Lisbon”.

I’m voting “no” for the democratic good of Ireland and of Europe.

James Reynolds

Laughill

Coolarty

Edgeworthstown

Co Longford