“Scared off.”
Voters, in a democracy, have a duty to themselves and their fellow citizens to be deeply skeptical.
Carol Nolan
Spoons in many pies
The ‘strive’ wording was “intended to avoid a concrete and mandatory obligation to provide support.”
Almost every single one of them are dependent on the taxpayers – the same people who have just delivered a thumping NoNo vote.
What were the great referenda on Family and Care actually about I ask? Nonsense. Absolute and entire non-sense, as the man on the street in Balbriggan said.
This referendum fails on all counts and a No/No vote would a clear signal that the government should strive for better next time.
Senior Counsel Cormac Ó Dúlacháin on referendums: “Not even the Oireachtas will have the power to decide” what ‘durable relationships’ mean.
‘Bills were rushed through’
Who does know?
Public spending