Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Relaxsh! Zer Dutsch have shed no!! posted by Richard Seymour
Okay, enough Goldmember impersonations. I'm supposed to be in the pub. But I'm just sad enough that I couldn't let this go without some sort of celebration:A key exit poll in the Netherlands suggests voters have firmly rejected the European Union constitution.
The poll indicates that at least 63% of the electorate voted "No", and that only 37% endorsed the treaty in the referendum on Wednesday.
The BBC's William Horsley in Brussels says the ballot has probably delivered a death blow to the constitution, at least in its present form.
A final kick in the teeth for the free marketeers. Cue a load of liberal tantrums and a sinister growl from Peter Mandelson. As I said before, (and I feel quotation is appropriate here), "Fuck 'em".