Should it be this hard to find some impartial, “plain english” Lisbon treaty info?
No, it shouldn't.
I’m sitting here on my sofa a little annoyed because I just got home from work to find a leaflet had been stuffed my letterbox from euroinfo.ie. Finally, I thought, the EU are sending me something bright and colourful in laymans terms to help me decide. I was wrong. While the leaflet didn’t actually say the words “Vote No” everything between its covers screamed it. This kind of fly by night canvassing really grinds my gears, insults my intelligence and leaves the information gap created by a government who refuse to inform its citizens (perhaps purposely?) even more glaring. I think our government need to remember that not everyone waits on their doorstep for the Irish Times to land every morning, and sometimes the average person doesn’t get time to keep up to date with political affairs, or rummage on the internet comparing websites. I like to think of myself as a good citizen, but the government are just making harder. We need to be informed and that is their duty.
yours with my knickers firmly in a twist,
Aoif
