Is Treaty Referendum Such a Big Priority? ; the Irish Voted Overwhelmingly, Second Time Around, to Back the Eu's Lisbon Treaty. It Is Now Likely to Become Law. Kate Ironside Says Ireland's Yes Vote has Created a Major European Headache for David Cameron

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I 'M AFRAID the people of Britain should have been doing something really much earlier and not just now, too late, saying something and waiting for my decision.

They are not my words but those of Vaclav Klaus, and with them the Czech President dealt a blow to British Eurosceptics' hopes he would delay signing the Lisbon Treaty long enough for David Cameron to win the next election, call a referendum, and kill the treaty.

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Is Treaty Referendum Such a Big Priority? ; the Irish Voted Overwhelmingly, Second Time Around, to Back the Eu's Lisbon Treaty. It Is Now Likely to Become Law. Kate Ironside Says Ireland's Yes Vote has Created a Major European Headache for David Cameron

The Conservative leader has pledged to do so, providing Lisbon hasn't been ratified by all 27 member states by the time he gets into Number 10. But the pressure is on.

Now the Irish have voted Yes to the treaty, all that is left to complete that un...

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