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Tue 08 Aug 2008Another Lisbon vote not a great option but it is a democratic one
A second Lisbon referendum is the least bad option facing us because doing nothing is not on and the Oireachtas has serially abdicated its decision taking role on EU treaties, writes Pat Cox
THE GOVERNMENT has no risk free option on how it responds to Ireland's recent rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, whatever the result of its current period of analysis and reflection.
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