Re:US Fails To Close TPP Deal As Wikileaks Exposes Discord
by patrickk on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @01:26PM
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Ireland rejected both the Nice Treaty originally[1] and the Lisbon Treaty[2].
Our considerate government had the stupid, uneducated electorate have a second attempt at both referendums until we came up with the "right" answer. Talking about being undemocratic.
My own view is that if you put most issues to a popular referendum, people would vote no. It's the assholes in national governments and in Brussels who ram through stuff that only the elite wants.
Our considerate government had the stupid, uneducated electorate have a second attempt at both referendums until we came up with the "right" answer. Talking about being undemocratic.
My own view is that if you put most issues to a popular referendum, people would vote no. It's the assholes in national governments and in Brussels who ram through stuff that only the elite wants.
[1] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/oct/18/eu.politics1
[2] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8288181.stm