Puppet Turkey Opposes Lisbon Treaty

Opponents of a European Union reform treaty received the backing of Ireland’s Eurovision Song Contest flop Dustin the Turkey as voters went to the polls Thursday. “Isn’t a shame there wasn’t a third box we could tick that just said: ‘What?'” said the purple-beaked glove puppet, who tried and failed for European glory in this year’s competition. “That way they’d have to go back to the table, work out a proper way of explaining the thing, and people would know what it is that’s on offer,” he was quoted as saying by The Irish Sun tabloid. Dustin’s comments reflect a widespread view that the Lisbon Treaty, designed to reform EU institutions after recent expansion of the bloc, is incomprehensible.