Parliament should carry on debating the Lisbon Treaty, and the longer the better

Yes I know it's supposed to be dead

It comes after the government said it would press ahead with its ratification of the Lisbon Treaty despite the Irish voting "no" in a referendum.

but if they want to tie themselves in knots over it then that's fine by me; it means they can't be considering any of their other crap ideas that they keep foisting on us.