Re: Lisbon yes or no?
It's also worth noting that if some apocryphal scenario did come to pass and they did gang up on us then we could leave. Every country has the right to up-sticks and head home from Brussels.
Well said.What are you so afraid of michaelm? The No side harp on about losing our commissioner - what they forget to mention is that EVERY SINGLE country is losing a their commissioner for 5 out of every 15 years, not just us - so Germany, France and so on are going to have the exact same as us. As I said, Europe has been good for us since we joined - what evidence have you to suggest that suddenly it will be to our detriment? Why this paranoia that countries will gang up on little old Ireland - and also what evidence have you to suggest that our (already very small) current voting strength could do anything to prevent such a paranoid scenario in the current system if it were to happen? I find it amusing this fear people have that Lisbon is a treaty to get Ireland!!
It's also worth noting that if some apocryphal scenario did come to pass and they did gang up on us then we could leave. Every country has the right to up-sticks and head home from Brussels.