Ireland throws a wrench into the works.
Well, the critics are beginning to yowl. I fail to see how it's bad that the Irish electorate had a chance to express itself. Isn't that kind of . . . well . . . democratic? Besides, isn't Ireland the only country to hold a referendum on this business?
The BBC News story seems rather testy about it all. Look at this final line (my emphasis in boldface): "In 2001, Irish voters almost wrecked EU plans to expand eastwards when they rejected the Nice treaty."
Heaven forbid that the Irish do anything that the mandarins of the Continent don't like! Well, well, well, let's just blame the Irish and characterize the lot of them as persistent, ignorant, and irremediable troublemakers, why don't we, BBC? Pfffft.
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I read in an article about it that Sarkozy said that if it had been left up to referendum in all 27 EU nations, that not a single one would have passed it.
Um, not to be chauvinistic or anything, but you do realize the only reason the Asian Americans are going to take over the world is because God gave the Irish whisky, right? ;-)
Eirinn go Bragh, me lassie!
And keep up the good work fighting off imperialist assimilation, me lads and lasses!
No to be chauvinistic or anything, but you do realize the only reason the Asian Americans are going to take over the world is because God gave the Irish whiskey, right? ;-)
Eirinn go Bragh, me lassie!
And keep up the good work resisting imperialist assimilation, me lads and lasses!
Dang, double posted. Sorry.
No problem!
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