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Listed below are comments made by MarianneKern between Friday, 13th June 2008 and Friday, 13th June 2008.

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Prospects for Friday, 13 June 4:59pm on 13 Jun 2008 Irish Vote -

I'm thrilled by the Irish vote, but my euphoria is tempered by Barossa's comments from Brussels that "the Lisbon Treaty is still alive".

This is, of course, exactly what I expected. In Europe, any referendum results that are at odds with what the Brussels establishment wants mean that the offending voters have to be given a second chance to change their minds and "get it right". Isn't that what happened in Ireland over the Nice Treaty? And what about Denmark a few years ago?

So - Fellow citizens of the European Union, welcome to Zimbabwe! I can't help feeling that, in this case, our attitude towards Mugabe and his cronies over rigged elections smacks more than slightly of hypocrisy.

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