Sir, With reference to the FT's analysis of the Irish No Vote on the Lisbon Treaty: I would proffer that the only reason for incredulity is that the European Union let a democratic vote happen.
A constitution, even one called a "treaty," is a document of principle -- it is a pearl. It is not a document of subsidies and superfluous special privileges for the elite. It is not pork.
I believe that it would be naive to think that the ruling elite and their stakeholders have not always used government for their own interests. Yet, in today's complex global society, there is now a price to be paid. Given a choice, as were the Danes in 1992, the French and Dutch in 2005, and now the Irish in 2008, an intelligent and informed populace will reject this folly, aka the Treaty of Lisbon. It is not that they know not what they do -- it is precisely that they do know what this treaty represents.
A blow for freedom has been struck. A blow in opposition to supercilious bureaucrats. A blow for the good sense of the common man -- he knows better than to give pearls to pigs. So, today, take a drink and say: "I am of Ireland."
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