Carry on ratifying, orders Brown

Article reports that the United Kingdom's Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has ordered the completion of the UK's ratification of the Lisbon treaty on 18 June 2008, in spite of the Irish No vote, 12 June 2008, and demands from the Conservatives that the process be halted.

ESO: Background information: Irish voters reject EU treaty http://www.europeansources.info/record/irish-voters-reject-eu-treaty/

BBC News, 13.6.08: UK to press ahead with EU Treaty http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7453084.stm

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