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Mon 06 Jun 2008The people cannot be wrong, but may be misguided
Voters, faced with the uncertainties of a changing world, dived under the blankets for safety and voted No, writes Tony Kinsella.
AS CHANCE would have it I was living EU success as the referendum results emerged. We were crossing a dynamic and regenerated Spain from Valencia to the Pyrenees on the superb, partly EU-financed, A-23 four-lane expressway. My poor grasp of the language of Cervantes made deciphering the radio news difficult, but EU regulation of roaming mobile phone charges made pestering friends affordable.
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