Duke of Marmalade
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To respect the view it has to be understood. So the following explanations will be provided.TV said:They must clearly deliver the message that the irish people have given their view. Respect this view should be the message.
Irish people do not like abortion and prostitution and they thought that was in the Treaty;
Irish people hate being involved in wars even just wars like against Hitler, after all there has always been somebody like America or Britain to protect them. They thought this Treaty would force them into wars;
Irish women do not want their sons conscripted and they thought this Treaty would do that;
Irish workers do not like competition from Eastern Europe and 70% of them voted No, the killer punch; actually in this case they were accurately interpreting the direction of the European project;
People like TV think the Treaty is going to privitise education, and that is a cold place to be;
Still others are in fear of the dreaded "surveylance";
Others felt that decisions would be made behind closed doors as soon as there was a power cut and the proceedings of the Council could no longer be broadcast.
Our EU colleagues will make up their own minds but we can't insist that they respect the above views.