Disgusting Anti-Democrats
As I wrote back in June when Ireland voted NO! to the constitution Lisbon Treaty:
If the EU force Ireland to vote again – as they did last time over the Nice treaty – then they just show themselves to be disgusting anti-democrats. And if they try, the Irish people should refuse to vote.
And what is happening now? They’re going to make the Irish have another referendum.
It is disgusting. The EU will only accept one answer, and appear perfectly happy to make the people vote again and again until they get the “right” answer – ie. the answer they want.
The worst thing is that it has been only six months since the Irish voted against ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. Why should they have to vote again?
Yes, it is democratic to hold referendums, but it is undemocratic to refuse to accept the result of them. The Irish – the only people in the EU to actually get to vote on the Lisbon Treaty – said no. The EU should accept that the Lisbon Treaty is dead as a parrot, because we the people have said so.
I have a sneaking suspicion that the Irish are going to be seriously pissed about this.
‘No’ means ‘no’. You can’t call another referendum on a topic just because you didn’t like the answer to the last one.
[...] A referendum is supposed to be a one-off event – you ask the question, people vote, and the answer comes back in which should then be accepted by all, no matter which side of the debate they sat on or voted for. But the EU don’t like that – they will only accept one answer, the “right” answer, the answer they want. Any other will require a re-vote and for it to be made clear that it would be held again and again and again until that answer was forthcoming. They are disgusting anti-democrats. [...]
[...] A referendum is supposed to be a one-off event – you ask the question, people vote, and the answer comes back in which should then be accepted by all, no matter which side of the debate they sat on or voted for. But the EU don’t like that – they will only accept one answer, the “right” answer, the answer they want. Any other will require a re-vote and for it to be made clear that it would be held again and again and again until that answer was forthcoming. They are disgusting anti-democrats. [...]
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