Guido helpfully points out that there’s now a counter-petition to the anti-ratification one set up by Richard North and Neil O’Brien on the Downing Street website. This new petition states: “We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Ignore the result of the Irish referendum and ratify the Lisbon Treaty.”
So – in a roundabout way – the Downing Street website’s now offering a vote on whether the Lisbon Treaty should be ratified. As it is, the ‘No’s currently lead by 18,590 to 8…
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