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'No bulldozing' Irish on EU vote | 'No bulldozing' Irish on EU vote |
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David Miliband has said there is no question of "bulldozing" Ireland into voting again on the EU Treaty - but Britain will continue to ratify it. | David Miliband has said there is no question of "bulldozing" Ireland into voting again on the EU Treaty - but Britain will continue to ratify it. |
The foreign secretary said it was right to "respect" the Irish decision - but also right to "take our own decision". | The foreign secretary said it was right to "respect" the Irish decision - but also right to "take our own decision". |
He said it was for the Irish PM to decide on his next move and whether to "apply the last rites" to the treaty. | He said it was for the Irish PM to decide on his next move and whether to "apply the last rites" to the treaty. |
Without the support of all 27 EU states it cannot become law. The Tories say Britain should vote on the treaty. | Without the support of all 27 EU states it cannot become law. The Tories say Britain should vote on the treaty. |
Mr Miliband told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: "There is no question of bulldozing, or bamboozling or ignoring the Irish vote. | Mr Miliband told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: "There is no question of bulldozing, or bamboozling or ignoring the Irish vote. |
"We have got to wait for the Irish government to decide what they're going to do next." | "We have got to wait for the Irish government to decide what they're going to do next." |
"The rules are absolutely clear, if all 27 countries do not pass the Lisbon Treaty it cannot pass into law." | "The rules are absolutely clear, if all 27 countries do not pass the Lisbon Treaty it cannot pass into law." |
Parliamentary rules | Parliamentary rules |
But he said the EU (Amendment) Bill, which ratifies the Treaty in the UK Parliament, should continue through the Lords. | But he said the EU (Amendment) Bill, which ratifies the Treaty in the UK Parliament, should continue through the Lords. |
"It's right that we respect the Irish decision, but it's also right that we take our own decision - we're about 95% of the way through the Parliamentary process ... there's a final vote on Wednesday... | "It's right that we respect the Irish decision, but it's also right that we take our own decision - we're about 95% of the way through the Parliamentary process ... there's a final vote on Wednesday... |
Let's treat this as a wake up call and stop this centralising agenda and abandon this treaty William HagueShadow foreign secretary | |
"Our decision must be for us, according the Parliamentary rules that we hold dear." | "Our decision must be for us, according the Parliamentary rules that we hold dear." |
Asked whether he accepted that the treaty is dead, he said it was for the Irish PM to decide on his next move: "If you like he's got to decide whether or not to apply the last rites. We've got to listen to his analysis of what went wrong." | Asked whether he accepted that the treaty is dead, he said it was for the Irish PM to decide on his next move: "If you like he's got to decide whether or not to apply the last rites. We've got to listen to his analysis of what went wrong." |
Mr Miliband said "one option" was to carry on with the old rules, without the treaty, which was designed to help the EU cope with its expansion into eastern Europe. | Mr Miliband said "one option" was to carry on with the old rules, without the treaty, which was designed to help the EU cope with its expansion into eastern Europe. |
'Terrible muddle' | 'Terrible muddle' |
He said a "two tier" Europe, with some countries pressing ahead with greater integration and others being left behind was not something that was "in our interests or going to happen". | He said a "two tier" Europe, with some countries pressing ahead with greater integration and others being left behind was not something that was "in our interests or going to happen". |
He added: "It's a bit messy at the moment, but let's work our way through it." | He added: "It's a bit messy at the moment, but let's work our way through it." |
We should not just somehow airbrush out of history the Irish vote Nick CleggLib Dem leader | We should not just somehow airbrush out of history the Irish vote Nick CleggLib Dem leader |
But shadow foreign secretary William Hague told BBC One's The Politics Show: "The only point in other countries continuing to ratify the treaty is to put pressure on the Irish, to bully the Irish - a kind of preparatory move to saying to the Irish: 'You're going to have to vote again on this'." | |
He said: "Let's treat this as a wake-up call and stop this centralising agenda and abandon this treaty." | |
Earlier Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, who supports the treaty, said it was now "highly unlikely" that it would ever be implemented. | Earlier Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, who supports the treaty, said it was now "highly unlikely" that it would ever be implemented. |
"We should not just somehow airbrush out of history the Irish vote. I really hope that the European elites won't behave with the arrogance that a lot of people think they should," he told The Andrew Marr Show. | "We should not just somehow airbrush out of history the Irish vote. I really hope that the European elites won't behave with the arrogance that a lot of people think they should," he told The Andrew Marr Show. |