Tag Lisbon Treaty

Gobbledygook and the European Union

Andy Carling muses on the language of politics, focusing on the impenetrable, deliberately vague verbiage favored by the EU. Here’s an interesting word; ‘toilettage’. It doesn’t mean what you think, in fact it’s far worse. Toilettage is the process of…

Ireland rejects EU treaty

Irish voters have rejected the EU’s Lisbon Treaty which must be ratified by all member states. In a bizarre coincidence, Ireland was the only country to call a referendum on the treaty. Um, and why didn’t the other countries allow…