Hairdressers key to treaty vote

Via The Irish Examiner (Full Story)

Well done to Irish MEP, Colm Burke who has come up with an excellent idea to spread information on the Lisbon Treaty. He has decided to send information to hairdressers after his own experience in one in Cork. Teh hairdresser was told that the treaty would "bring in a new regime about the number of children she could have". I have read the treaty and there is nothing in it on that. He was also handed a leaflet that claimed (not in the hairdressers) that "everyone would have to pay an extra 20% tax to the EU" which again is completely false.

The no campaign is stooping to low after low. Libertas also, in the Irish Examiner, misquoted EU Commissioner Margot Wallström in a letter, which she has blogged about.

What other untruths apart from the usual, Neutrality/European Army, are we going to hear. I'm thinking of compiling a list.

EP approve resolution on Lisbon

The European Parliament has approved a resolution on the Lisbon treaty. The results were as follows:
525 Yes
115 No
29 abstenions

Source (PDF)

The Irish MEPs voted in the following way:
Yes:
ALDE: Harkin
PPE-DE: Burke, Doyle, Higgins, McGuinneas, Mitchel
PES: De Rossa
UEN: Aylward, Crowley, O'Neactain, Ryan

No:
GUE/NGL: McDonald
IND/DEM: Sinnott

Abtenstions:
None

So the majority of Irish MEPs are in favour of the Treaty. I wonder if the referendum reuslts will reflect this.