No Decision on Voting Again on Lisbon
Michael Martin was his usual self, waffling and blustering (whenever he uses “in terms of” twice in one sentence or once in two successive sentences is the tell) his way through television and radio. In a piece for today’s Irish Times Jamie Smyth he repeats his coyness;
“People will need to know there are obvious timetables under what conditions certain things are going to happen.”
When asked if “clarity” meant the Government deciding whether to hold a second referendum on Lisbon, Mr Martin said it might not be on that issue alone as the Government was undecided.
“It was a tight enough election but it was a definitive decision against Lisbon as it stands. It’s far too soon to be speculating on whether you have another one or if you have another one,” said Mr Martin.
But while the Government is being pinned to a revote or a more creative Dail manouvere, like pushing it through and waiting for a Supreme Court challenge, the opposition are being a little more strident. If we are to run a vote again, how the hell do we run it? What will we vote on that is so substantially different? There is little or no way a government could successfuly pull this one off in my mind. I just don’t see it. Even allowing for passage of time - Lisbon is not Nice and the tactic is fraught with difficulty. I actually can see them trying to do it, with little creative manouvering appealing to them but I wonder if it might be a ‘nuclear’ option for their political future.
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