Depressingly, the Irish Vote Yes to Lisbon

How can we be sure that there was no vote rigging? The EU Commission isn't known for being particularly law-abiding or scrupulous!

While depressed about the outcome, there's still hope - the Czechs and Poles have yet to ratify. Both are under pressure, but both have keen and recent memories of the totalitarian regimes they escaped from.

The Germans have yet to ratify, but since Merkel was re-elected, she'll sign the blasted thing.
Dan Hannan reckons the Conservatives are tight with their Polish and Czech counterparts, indicating that he might have some sway over their decision to ratify.

Neverthless, Cameron's fence-sitting really puts me off and until he gives an iron-clad guarantee that regardless of the ratification status he'll give us a referendum, I'll not be voting Conservative.

Afterthought:

Cameron seems to be concerned about a damaging split in the Tory party, as happened back in John Major's disastrous Maastricht Treaty days.

Things have changed since then. Back then, most people were FOR the EU because they were largely unaware of the damage it hads been doing to Britain. It has become clear to voters, during Labour's tenure, that the EU is responsible for most of what ails Britain.

Nearly three quarters of voters do not accept the Lisbon Treaty and want a referendum.

Does Cameron really think that 75% of the electorate can be ignored? Does he really believe that it is better to appease his Europhile MPs than to listen to what the voters want?

Should the Lisbon Treaty be ratified by all member states before the general election, Cameron can be sure of one thing: a massive number of potential Tory voters will transfer their votes to UKIP, LPUK, EngDems, The Jury Team and independents - and the BNP.

Why can Cameron not see this?