My first take, on the Guardian website: we voted No because of the economy and because of incompetent and disconnected elites.
The Yes side blame-gaming is getting embarassing. They need to stop blaming the No side for winning the argument.
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1 Dan Sullivan // Jun 13, 2008 at 4:36 pm
I think the seeds of defeat lie in the negotiation and signing of the treaty itself and the factors you refer fostered the growth of the No argument more than the Yes side. In essence the Yes side lacked a convincing enough narrative as to why we had the treaty at all, not to mind being able to argue about or explain the what and the how of the document. In some sense, there wasn’t a good enough origin myth to the Lisbon Treaty.
2 Richard // Jun 13, 2008 at 4:55 pm
True. Except that who other than the Yes side was going to put an “origin myth” for Lisbon?
3 Dan Sullivan // Jun 13, 2008 at 10:03 pm
I agree the responsibility for making the case for the existence of the treaty rested with the Yes side.
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