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6/7/08

EU-Digest/BBC NEWS : No camp 'gains' in Irish EU vote - EURO skeptics poisoning Irish minds and raising fears

For the complete report from the BBC NEWS click on this link

No camp 'gains' in Irish EU vote

A survey published by the Irish Times on Friday suggested 35% of people would vote No - more than twice the figure polled two weeks ago - against 30% Yes. It is the first poll to put the Nos in the lead, ahead of Thursday's vote.

Friday's TNS/mrbi poll suggested 28% of voters were still undecided, while 7% say they will not take part at all. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, who has led the Yes campaign, said he was confident of getting public approval. But he said a No vote would have "dire consequences". He blamed the latest poll figure on opponents "raising fears... creating suspicions".

EU-Digest: The Irish can not be so ignorant that they can't see all the benefits the EU has brought them. They also better stop listeningto those so-called "Euro skeptics" in Britain - a country which has never treated the Irish with much respect.The British Euro Skeptics actually are very much like the old time British Imperialists. They are ultra conservative, nationalistic and believe Britain is superior to all nations.

Francis A. Boyle, a law professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, wrote a report commissioned by the New York-based Irish Famine/Genocide Committee which concluded that "Clearly, during the years 1845 to 1850, the British government pursued a policy of mass starvation in Ireland with intent to destroy in substantial part the national, ethnic and racial group commonly known as the Irish People. EU membership for Ireland is not only a guarantee that this will never happen again, but it is also a source for long term economic prosperity. Voting yes on Thursday also means voting yes for an independent and strong Ireland.

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