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Irish Foreign Minister: Voters did not vote Yes to the actual Lisbon Treaty
The Irish Times reports that Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin yesterday admitted that the economic downturn was the key factor in the second Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, saying: "The key theme to emerge in the research was the sense of economic vulnerability...In terms of the 'switcher', the person who changed from voting No the last time to Yes this time, the economic crisis was a big factor."
(Irish Times reported by Open Europe 6/11/09)
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Benn and Short say positive things about Project Cameron
"Short, international development secretary for six years until 2003, last week addressed a private meeting of Tory frontbenchers giving advice on overseas aid policy. She said: “The Conservatives have committed to keeping up the budget and keeping up the commitment on poverty and keeping a separate department, so I am pleased about that." Meanwhile Benn, the veteran radical campaigner, confessed that that his views on civil liberties and Europe were closer to the Conservatives than Labour." -
(The Sunday Times 8/11/09)
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Murdoch hints he will sue BBC
Rupert Murdoch indicated on Monday that News Corporation would sue the BBC over breach of copyright for “stealing” material from his newspapers round the world.
Mr Murdoch, interviewed on Sky News Australia, was asked how he would be able to instigate his proposal to charge for newspaper websites such as The Times in the UK or The Australian when the BBC and ABC produced free news content on their sites.
“But we are better,” said Mr Murdoch, chairman of News Corp. “And anyway, if you look at them, most of their stuff is stolen from the newspapers now, and we’ll be suing them for copyright.
“They will have to spend a lot more money on a lot more reporters to cover the world when they can’t steal from newspapers.”
But he added that he didn’t think it would be necessary to go to court.
“They know the law. They will adapt.”
(FT 9/11/09)
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