http://eurogeneration.cafebabel.com/en/ A new generation is born en Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:11:42 +02:00 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dotclear http://eurogeneration.cafebabel.com/en/post/2008/03/07/Dio-stramaledica-le-prese-inglesi#c248 urn:md5:b97dce2d8b47b6c770b591604d4e2a81 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:17:52 +01:00 The Law <p>This whole nonsense that the content of the treaty is the same as the constitution misses the point. It's not a constitutional document and therefore there is no failure to deliver on promises. The human genome is 98% the same as a monkey - does that make it 'pretty much the same thing' - no because the two are qualitatively different. Labour effectively destroyed all the debates in the Commons on the issue and the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats ended up losing political capital on the issue. All the energy to force a referendum could have been directed towards some actual issues not rearranging a political system so that it is fit for purpose for 27 European Member states.</p>