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Article: Politicians step back as Lisbon campaign starts up
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- The Irish Times
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- August 18, 2009
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Faced with Nama and the McCarthy report, our political parties
lack the will to mount an effective campaign, writes ELAINE BYRNE
IT IS now 44 days until the second Lisbon referendum. At this
same point in last year's failed referendum campaign, Mark Hennessy
wrote an opinion piece titled Pro-Lisbon campaign still to get off
ground. Hennessy quoted the Spanish philosopher George Santayana,
who said that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to
repeat it.
Deja vu anyone?
With 44 days to go, our politicians are still on their holidays.
When the Dail and Seanad return on September 16th, it will only be
two weeks to referendum day.
The first Lisbon referendum marked a profound ...