I have two views about its content. There is in it a charming absurdity that after voting twice against something some official thinks that the political class in Ireland can make a declaration contrary to the consequences of the choice of the Irish people. The fact that we are trying twice is already a source of some irritation and argument to a significant minority of the electorate. The idea that we could say in advance that even if the people do not vote "Yes", we will come up with a formula that obviates and ignores the result is a perverse notion. Even if we did that, it is something that superficially is attractive in regard to form but is devoid of content.