A surprising discovery

SEVERAL of your correspondents have expressed concern as to what our fellow Europeans will think of us if we say ‘no’ to Nice.

According to one insider, this was their reaction after the first referendum on this issue:

"Over the past two days I attended a meeting of the interim European Security and Defence Assembly. I was amazed and gratified in equal measure at the Irish referendum... there was no finger wagging or suggestion that the people had got it wrong or were confused; rather there was a degree of admiration for the decisions the Irish had made.