The "no" vote has prevailed - and the consequences for the European Project are big.
First, the architects of European integration must now admit that their European Constitution Lisbon Treaty is dead. Not Lazarus dead, but dodo dead.
Second, this result illustrates that the EU project has no democratic legitimacy. None.
Ireland has benefited from Euro squillions. Her political / media establishment, like our own BBC, was almost universally behind the well-financed "Yes" campaign. Yet still the Irish have said "no".
As more details of this great victory for the people against Brussels unfold, do read Daniel Hannan's rolling blog about it. Dan helped galvanised the Irish "no" campaign when it seemed a lost cause, made people realise that the Irish were voting on behalf of us all - and was once again way ahead of the Westminster herd.
