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[spacetweek]

Just received a "No to Lisbon" pamphlet in the door. Temperature rose like an oven. If this is representative of No literature in general, then truly this debate has reached the level of farce. List of buzz terms: Nazi, police state, Holocaust, GMO, authoritarian, superstate. Tropes of the Eurosceptic so tired that even British tabloids seem to

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Yeah but no but yeah...

[anonymous]

Thing is Jonothan, I'm not seeing much debate from the either side really. There's a lot of to-do about lies and such, focusing on Coir's claim regarding the minimum wage.

Of course the GAMA* debacle isn't a million miles from that. Regulation is an issue that our government seem loathe to approach for fear of ruining the 'trickle down effect', and scaring off foreign investors. Not that Dell pulled out because of the Lisbon treaty, they just sought cheaper labour elsewhere.

Which is what it comes down to. Ireland is of interest only because of the incentives it offers to foreign companies. There is little to no idigenous industry, aside from the construction-bubble (pop!) and what profits are generated here are shipped off-shore.

Some house-cleaning is required and if there were to be a No result (I doubt there will though - we've been through this before with Nice) I would hope it would inspire some major changes to how our government works and interacts with industry in Ireland.*Reply

Re: Yeah but no but yeah...

[spacetweek]

Thanks for that, but who's this?

[psi]

All countries should have an equal vote no matter what their population size is. That point alone made me think 'NO!'.

[hkim]

An equal vote in what?