[nomadking]

It's not about the Brexit referendum but same principles.

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IMAGINE IF the Government lost a general election but refused to concede defeat. Imagine if they said that while respecting the outcome, they believed that the electorate failed to understand the issues, were misled by opposition parties and manipulated by the media. Imagine if they decided to re-run the election, threatening international isolation and economic collapse if the electorate refused to change their mind.
Would you be outraged? Would you feel that your vote was being ignored? Would you think that democracy was being undermined?
This is exactly what the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government, supported by Fine Gael and Labour, is proposing to do with the Lisbon Treaty.
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In the immediate aftermath of the referendum result, all political parties rushed to assure voters that their democratic verdict would be respected. For example Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore was vociferous in saying that the "Lisbon Treaty is dead" and that the concerns of the electorate must be addressed.

Sound familiar?

The high-handed and arrogant approach of the Government over the last six months shows a complete lack of respect for the democratic will of the people.
Re-running the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty would be a denial of democracy. It is no different to a defeated government re-running a general election in the hope that the voters would change their mind.
Mary Lou McDonald is a MEP for Dublin and is Sinn Féin's national chairperson.

Vince Cable, Lib Dems in 2007

Tomorrow the Liberal Democrats will table an amendment to the Government’s parliamentary motion proposing the Queen’s Speech. Our amendment calls for a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union.
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In truth, the EU has changed beyond recognition from the EEC that Britain originally joined in 1973.

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We are ready to make the positive case for Europe in a proper public debate about our membership, and we trust the people to make a decision about whether we should stay in or get out. We must flush our opponents out of their bunkers and challenge them to make clear their positions on this fundamental issue for the future of our country.

By doing so, we can also draw the poison from the debate about Europe’s future.