The Lisbon Treaty - Vote Yes, vote for a future

NEXT Friday we will vote on the Lisbon Treaty. It will be by far the most important vote any of us will cast in very many years if not decades.

We will not, for a change, go to the polls to choose one conservative, centre-right party before another. We will decide if we want to be centrally involved in Europe or not. We will decide whether we’re inside Europe or outside, like Iceland, looking longingly at the opportunities and security we might have enjoyed.

Some may choose, once again, to be an isolationist, introverted and even more impoverished society though the most recent opinion poll (Yes: 48% +2%, No: 33% +4%, and Undecided: 19% -6%) thankfully indicates that prospect is diminishing.