{"id":1620,"date":"2009-10-03T22:31:52","date_gmt":"2009-10-03T21:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.widmann.org.uk\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2009-10-03T22:31:52","modified_gmt":"2009-10-03T21:31:52","slug":"after-the-irish-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/widmanniana.org\/blog\/after-the-irish-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"After the Irish yes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nVOTE YES TO LISBON<\/a>
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It was a relief to see that Ireland voted yes by such a large margin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’d be the first to admit that the Lisbon Treaty isn’t perfect by any stretch of imagination, but it’s time to accept it and move on<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t seem like the Tories have understood this, though.<\/p>\n

The leadership are ducking the issue<\/a>: ‘However, Mr Cameron declared in an email to Tory supporters last night on the eve of his party’s annual gathering, in Manchester: “I want to make one thing clear: there will be no change in our policy on Europe and no new announcements at the conference.”‘<\/p>\n

And most of their members want a referendum no matter what<\/a>: “The poll of 2,205 Tory members by the ConservativeHome.com website found that more than eight in 10 want him to call a referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon even if it has been approved by the next general election \u2013 a pledge he is refusing to make.”<\/p>\n

Scarily, according to the latter link, “total withdrawal from the European Union is the most favoured option among party members when asked how a Tory government should handle the issue, putting them totally at odds with a Tory leadership committed to British membership. Some 82 per cent want to freeze Britain’s financial contributions to the EU.”<\/p>\n

Much as Gordon Brown and New Labour are a disaster, it’s hard to believe that such a europhobic party can be an improvement for the country. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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