Mary Ellen Synon writes in the Mail that the Irish referendum on Lisbon isn't as important as everyone thought. The excellent Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic, has said he will sign the thing only after the November elections there, but it now appears that the caretaker government will last well into next year, perhaps June, when there must be elections in the UK. Cameron, if he wins, will hold a referendum in which the British will certainly vote NO.
I can't say I quite share Mary Ellen's optimism - there are some fairly unscrupulous people involved here - but this might just be a ray of hope that the countries of the EU will retain some of their democracy for a little while longer.
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