Irish democracy hijacked by EU and its Irish stooges!

If you ever wondered how undemocratic the EU can be, then just reflect on how they simply HATE referendums. They much prefer the dodgy types like Berlusconi, a man who can win elections even if half the state prosecutors want him in jail!

So the EU mandarins have turned their gaze towards Ireland, where a referendum is to take place on the Constitutional Treaty that is supposed to be something else! They have helped to try to fix the outcome by "suggesting" it would be a good idea if Bertie Ahern went before the poll took place. Daniel Hannan poses this on his Telegraph blog.

Why did Bertie Ahern stand down as Ireland’s Prime Minister? Alright, because he is facing corruption allegations, but why did he resign now? The Guardian’s Henry McDonald, who knows a thing or two about Irish politics, is in no doubt. The Taoiseach stood down to ensure a “Yes” vote in the only national referendum on the European Constitution Lisbon Treaty that the EU couldn’t cancel.

McDonald quotes a senior Irish government source saying: “Fianna Fáil didn’t want the referendum on the European treaty to be diverted into an electoral judgment on Bertie Ahern. His going now gives Brian Cowen a chance to sell the yes campaign on its merits for Ireland free from any diversions such as Ahern’s personal finances.”

Makes sense to me. Had Bertie stuck around, the plebiscite might have become a referendum on what the Irish call “gombeenism” (very roughly, “sleaze”). And the last thing Eurocrats want, what with their accounts not having been audited for 13 years, is a vote about corruption. So now, instead of the referendum being a chance to vote “No” to a discredited leader, it’ll be held in the middle of the honeymoon of his successor – almost certainly the Euro-fanatical Brian Cowen (known to his detractors as “Biffo” Cowen: Big Ignorant F***er From Offaly”).

Well, I hope the voters in Ireland see through this Euro-Gombeenism (great new hyphenated word for me!) and vote NO without any hesitation. They won't be voting against Europe, or trade, or good international relations, but they will be denying the troughfeeders in Brussels the satisfaction they are so desperately wanting.

We need to stand up for democracy. This new guy, Biffo Cowen......well! If he's such a big so-and-so from Offally, then the NO vote should be massive.

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