So, the Irish voted "no."

Am I surprised? No.

Now, I'll not hide the fact that I am a fan of the EU, it has gone much further to improve things for our nation than it ever could if we were left on our own to get on with things (and yes I will argue that if necessary!)

But I'll be honest, this whole section of the treaty was a farce; and the powers that be need to take a long hard look at where the wheels came off. And I know where I think things went wrong.

Its opaqueness. I mean, it was designed to integrate our nations further to increase competitiveness, drive down cost etc (which in the current climate can only be a good thing) but no bugger understood it.

10 years to write with every nation trying to protect its own interests. That's where it went wrong!

This is a landmark document which affects every person in the European Union; so we need to understand what is being offered before a considered decision can be made; and the only way that you will ever get the people onside is to make the document bloody readable and understandable (or at least annotate it.)