Comments for Last chance to stop the EU Constitution at http://www.adamsmith.org , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.adamsmith.org Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:35:09 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/politics/last-chance-to-stop-the-eu-constitution-200804161233/#comment-39 I'm just a silly American, so maybe my facts aren't straight here, but doesn't the Queen need to assent to the treaty for it to pass. I know that such assent is, as a matter of procedure, usually just a formality. However, if the people seemed to ask overwhelmingly to support her withholding of such assent (until a referendum was held, of course), couldn't she still do so? wouldn't she? No harm in asking. - Brian Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:12:01 +0100 http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/politics/last-chance-to-stop-the-eu-constitution-200804161233/#comment-37 Free Europe Constitution is better than the Treaty: 1. You can read it 2. You can vote about it Vote YES or NO at www.FreeEurope.info - W. Humbold Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:05:26 +0100 http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/politics/last-chance-to-stop-the-eu-constitution-200804161233/#comment-35 The point about campaigns for referenda is that we live in a system of representative democracy: this is not a normative statement, rather an expression of the constitutional set-up as it stands. My problem with the arguments for referenda is that they are only invariably called for on a topic that can be won by opponents of that issue(i.e. a narrow question such as Lisbon). Direct Democracy as a political ideal is one that I do not support: as liberals we must temper the excesses of pure majoritarianism with institutions such as parliaments... - APL Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:28:28 +0100 http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/politics/last-chance-to-stop-the-eu-constitution-200804161233/#comment-28 As I understood it, the EU have decided that they would ignore countries which didn't ratify the treaty. The point being that Ireland looks like it isn't going to play ball and will be voting against it - although I did read it on a blog and you can't trust everything you read on the internet! - Oli Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:51:16 +0100