Southern foreign minister Micheál Martin has challenged Cóir to withdraw a poster in which they suggest that the minimum wage could be reduced to €1.84 if the Lisbon Treaty is passed in this Friday's referendum. Anybody with a bit of sense would realise the claim being made by Cóir (followed by a question mark as if so absolve themselves of any responsibility for putting such nonsense in the public arena) is nonsense, although it seems that some voters have raised it as a concern, hence Martin speaking out.
Cóir has responded by saying that Martin's comments revealed the minister's "desperation and absolute inability to debate on the issue."
To be fair, I don't think they should be questioning anyone's debating skills when their idea of 'debate' is to erect copious numbers of posters emblazoned with scaremongering claims. And if I'm not mistaken, I've seen plenty of politicians from the southern government and other pro-Lisbon parties debate the issues, such as on Prime Time last week.
If there was one good reason to vote 'Yes' this Friday, it's to wipe the smug off the faces of Cóir.
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Political parasites are everywhere: both on the Yes and on the No sides.
The matter is far more serious and important than those "fait divers".
Apropos:
http://notolisbontreaty.blogsome.com/
If there was one good reason to vote 'Yes' this Friday, it's to wipe the smug off the faces of Cóir.
Do you think? Did you consider these other good reasons?
http://notolisbontreaty.blogsome.com/2009/10/03/democracy-is-officially-dead-in-eu/
Big business is coming. Isn't what everybody wants: more money.
Thak you guys for voting yes...
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