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Wed 08 Aug 2009Opponents of treaty say that they expect slurs in run-up to referendum
OPPONENTS OF the Lisbon Treaty last night predicted plenty of mud-slinging and slurs and a more co-ordinated effort from the Yes side in the run-up to the October 2nd referendum.
Sinn Féin vice-president and former MEP Mary Lou McDonald said she expected people who were against the treaty to be accused of being “isolationist and backward” and of “having their heads in the sand”.
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