Lisbon Referendum Diary 1. A history of mutual smugness.
The most amusing thing about the nascent referendum campaign in Ireland is the approach of the two sides. It’s not as oppositional at least in spirit as you might think. The Pro Lisbon lobby are smug....
View ArticleLisbon Treaty Poster Safari Part One
Lisbon Treaty posters are a complete joke this year. The pro-Lisbon people are essentially trading on their obligations to their old friend Europe, and trading vague ambiguous slogans which often...
View ArticleLisbon Treaty Poster Safari: Part Two
So in my previous post, I explained that some organisations were putting up really godawful posters for the Lisbon Treaty. And I think most people agree that very many of them are pretty substantially...
View ArticleWish I had a vote on Lisbon
Living as I currently do in Dublin, I see the Lisbon Treaty referendum happening all around me. I am a British citizen, so I have no vote. Quite right, citizens of other nations shouldn’t have a say on...
View ArticlePolitical suppression 101
I am no conspiracy theorist, as regular readers will be aware. I think planes flown by islamist terrorists brought down the twin towers, I don’t think US dollar bills are evidence of a freemason /...
View ArticleRotten to the Cóir
So, the rounds of makey-uppey posters have started doing the rounds. I intend to take part fully, and I’m starting with Cóir. Their posters are, frankly, no less accurate than these. I hope you’ll...
View ArticleJesus injures four in attack on ‘Yes to Lisbon’ meeting
Gardaí say that it’s a miracle nobody was seriously hurt in the Son of God’s apparently politically motivated attack on a public information meeting last night. The vicious attack, in which tables were...
View ArticleLisbon…
Vote No. They threatened you They treated you like a fool They pretended it was a new document They didn’t listen to you the first time Your sovereignty, and the sovereignty of other nations is eroded...
View ArticleLisbon whataboutery
Note: regular readers of Slugger O’Toole will call this entire article whataboutery. It is. I’m predicting a possible future here, so don’t hate me if you don’t like the scenario I depict. Please...
View ArticleThere are so many more reasons to vote Conservative
Yesterday, David Cameron announced the proposed response of the Conservative Party to the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. He made it clear that that Conservatives would work within Europe, that the...
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