I am not sure if Barrie was correct when he states:
"Some one was suggesting that if we voted ?no? in the constitution referendum then we?d lose all say on the matter. That?s daft. If we vote ?NO? there won?t be a constitution and we won't have deranged views from Europe leaning on us"
I do believe that providing that no more than one fifth of the member Country's vote "No" then the Constitution can be fully ratified by the Council of Ministers thereby totally nullifying the referendum in any particular Country.
This "four fifths" rule has been cited and used in the past on less contentious issues, although I have no doubt that it will be resurected if necessary on this issue.
"Some one was suggesting that if we voted ?no? in the constitution referendum then we?d lose all say on the matter. That?s daft. If we vote ?NO? there won?t be a constitution and we won't have deranged views from Europe leaning on us"
I do believe that providing that no more than one fifth of the member Country's vote "No" then the Constitution can be fully ratified by the Council of Ministers thereby totally nullifying the referendum in any particular Country.
This "four fifths" rule has been cited and used in the past on less contentious issues, although I have no doubt that it will be resurected if necessary on this issue.