Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-09-14-Speech-1-063"
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"Mr President, on 2 October, the Irish will have a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. The Lisbon Treaty is almost identical to the European Constitution, which was rejected outright by the French and the Dutch. The Lisbon Treaty has already been rejected by the Irish once, but ‘no’ is always the wrong answer, as far as the European Union is concerned, when it comes to further political integration. And so the Irish are forced to have yet another referendum so they can deliver the only answer that is acceptable to the European Union – which is ‘yes’.
The European Union is destroying democracy in its Member States. The EU is founded on misrepresentation, deceit and lies. The British are denied a referendum by our contemptible government and political class precisely because they know that the result would be a resounding ‘no’. But whatever the result in Ireland, Britain will one day leave the European Union and restore its national independence. I am proud to use my position of office to campaign for Britain’s unconditional withdrawal from the European Union."@en1
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