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"Mr President, I would like to congratulate the 862 415 Irish people who voted ‘no’ to the Lisbon Treaty in last Thursday’s referendum. They voted for freedom, democracy and common sense. Were the British people to be allowed a referendum, they would undoubtedly vote ‘no’ in even greater numbers than the Irish. Given the chance, many of the other European nations would also vote ‘no’, just as the French and the Dutch proved in 2005.
With breathtaking arrogance and disregard for democracy, the European political elite intend to bulldoze onwards with the ratification of the Treaty. The Treaty is dead but the EU refuses to bury it. The EU’s ongoing love affair with the Treaty is an act of political necrophilia. But the body is beginning to stink and, the longer it is unburied, the worse the stench is going to get. We must bury the Treaty. It is polluting the political atmosphere."@en1
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