Irish PM admits second Lisbon referendum will be considered The Irish Independent reports that Taoiseach Brian Cowen has conceded the government will have to consider a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. He said: "I'm saying it's simply a matter the Government have to consider in due course.

Not sure how well this will translate if you don't know the characters, but it's a half decent analysis of what went wrong for the Taoiseach over the Treaty of Lisbon Referendum. And, well, it made me laugh (and a goodly chunk of the Irish Cabinet too, I understand), despite some non work safe language. Oh, did anyone mention Godwin's Law?

Speaking in the European affairs debate in the House of Commons yesterday, John Redwood called for democracy to apply to the United Kingdom and pressed the Government to hold the referendum on the European Constitution, otherwise known as the Lisbon Treaty, that they promised in their last manifesto. John also said the Shadow

There might just have been an argument to support the Lisbon Treaty (LT) in the 2008 Irish referendum, although I do not see it myself, but it is impossible to make a valid case to vote in favor of the LT in the forthcoming October 2009 referendum, as this second referendum in itself is a massive betrayal of the democratic will of the Irish people. At the 2008 referendum, which took place a year a...

In his speech this morning, David Cameron said that: "We will therefore hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, pass a law requiring a referendum to approve any further transfers of power to the EU, negotiate the return of powers,...

Via Patrick Vessey, this from Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen: Taoiseach Brian Cowen yesterday directly linked failure to pass the Lisbon Treaty referendum to the economic downturn. He said the Government did not explain to people that rejection of the treaty could make the economic situation even worse. Mr Cowen said the economy and Lisbon cannot be separated when the country looks at its place in Eu...

A roundup of links on the forthcoming referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland:Worries about taxationIrish Referendum commission websiteEU Ref has a blogpost about it

During negotiation of the Treaty of Nice, and immediately following its agreement, the Conservative Party called for a referendum and promised to hold one if elected. So when I read Roger Helmer calling for a referendum on the Lisbon treaty,...

Asked if the Prime Minister would welcome a second referendum in Ireland and would it have any impact on a possible referendum in the UK, the PMS replied that as people knew, we had already ratified the Lisbon Treaty and had had an extensive parliamentary debate on the passage of the Lisbon Treaty Bill. Any decision that the Irish took on their own ratification process, was a matter for the Irish ...

In an interview with the Sunday Times, Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague said that the Conservatives may hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, even if the Treaty has been ratified before the party can form a Government. He assured that if the Treaty is unratified before the Conservatives take office then, “of course, we would hold a referendum.