Tomorrow’s vote - Many issues will affect the result

Every time we vote, it is a test of trust, a test of ideas and a test of the faith we are prepared to invest in individual politicians, political parties, and political structures.

Every election is a test of what we imagine possible, and how we believe those objectives can be realised. It is also a test of our conviction that those proposing those ideas — or ideals — are the best people to deliver or protect them. Every time we vote, or choose not to, it has a direct impact on our lives. Tomorrow we will either endorse or reject the EU fiscal treaty and, as is traditional by now, the campaign was animated by wild claims from both camps.

Unfortunately, and for the first time, there is significant class division on a constitutional amendment. One of the many consistent polls suggested that working-class voters are more likely to reject it, while middle-class voters are predisposed to support it.This divide must be resolved, because it warns of an instability that would damage this society.