Jun 16 2008
Three cheers to the Irish
Ireland the only Country of the 27 Member States that currently make up the European Union to have a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty have potentially saved our country from handing over even more powers to Brussels in the name of this Treaty. We therefore owe enormous thanks to those Irish voters who voted No and in turn derailed the Lisbon Treaty - the EU Constitution under another name. Something I am confident would have happened in this Country if our Prime Minister had honoured his Parties’ manifesto pledge and given us a referendum.
Despite claims from EU Leaders saying “ratification will continue” this Treaty is all but finished, the legal position is clear the Treaty cannot come into force until all 27 member states ratify it.
Thank you Ireland.
William Hague writing in the Sunday Telegraph renews his call for Gordon Brown to give the British people a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
Watch David Cameron as he gives his reaction to Irelands No vote to the Treaty.
