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Mon 06 Jun 2008Tory government would fully exploit collapse of Lisbon Treaty
There is every prospect 26 of the 27 EU states will have approved the treaty by the year end, writes John Palmer.
IRELAND'S REJECTION of the Lisbon Treaty has cast the leaders of the European Commission, the European Parliament and most member states into something approaching despair. But it has brought joy to Britain's Conservative party which - opinion polls are all agreed - looks forward to a landslide general election victory when the UK goes to the polls in about 24 months' time.
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