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Poll suggests majority would support changed treaty
Monday, 17 November 2008
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Irish voters appear to be changing their mind on the Lisbon Treaty, with a new opinion poll showing the agreement could be approved in a second referendum.
Forty-three per cent of respondents to the Irish Times poll said they would vote in favour of the treaty if minor changes were made to take Irish concerns into account.
Thirty-nine per cent said they would still vote 'no'.
When undecided voters are excluded, this gives the 'yes' side 52.5%, compared to 46.6% in last June's referendum.
The Government says it is still examining its options in relation to the treaty, but most observers believe it is planning a second referendum late next year in an effort to overturn the original vote.
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I think this is the biggest insult to us as a people, we voted correctly last summer, as this treaty is far more dangerous & influential to our constitution & rights as we are being told. Why is it, 5 months down the line have we still have not been told what it means for us? No matter the "little changes" that may be made there is still so much in this monster that the general public have no clue about & will never know what they are voting on as they are mislead by a bunch of muppets & Euro a**-kissers we call our leaders.
Sarah Kitas: Its not embarrassing to ask for changes, seeing as no matter how we vote on this it will more than likely be passed next time, at least we have the neck to see to some changes being made, not like all the other countries who had no voice at all.
DEMOCRACY !!!! Ha What a joke!
After this is passed, we can all relax because a small unseen undemocratic council somewhere in Europe will be making all the discussions for us in the future.
Posted by Derekc | 17.11.08, 13:43 GMT
Why didn't the voters do their homework before voting and get it right first time round? How embarassing now to try to save face by requesting "minor changes"! In any event it will be difficult to change the opinion of those remote from the scene (e.g residents of Swizerland, central Europe ..) who were rather surprised and needless to say confused by the Irish No vote. Let's at least hope and pray that they don't reject it a second time and forfeit every chance of appearing to be a mature European partner:
Posted by Sarah Kitas | 17.11.08, 09:58 GMT
Welcome to Ireland, the land of sheep!! Having voiced their opinions on a treaty, the people of Ireland made their voice heard. Now we are to be told that we must vote again, and again, until the new jackboots in europe tell our puppet leader what to do, and he tells us what do do.. And the Irish people? They sit and wait and forget and the goverment sits back and knows that other things will be to the fore of our thoughts, and we will do as we are told a few months down the road. Demoracy? I would prefer Saddam Hussain any day as our leader. At least he had the honesty to torture and kill your family, before shooting you in the head for not doing as you were told. Brian Coward will sit and wait and hope we forget. Again. People of Ireland! Look what recent public concern has achieved, look what you can do when you want to. Send a message to our so called leaders, that we will no longer be treated like morons, while our elite few continue to ignore us!
Posted by Martin Hughes | 17.11.08, 09:42 GMT