GUESS WHAT I've just read on Aertel (daily news headlines on TV fax pages): The Taoiseach has said that while he "respects" the decision of the Irish people, he cannot rule out the possibility of a second referendum. Can you believe it? (I can.) Someone remind me again why we are supposed to entrust our voting rights to politicians?

Dick, if I'm eligible for a place on the electoral register, so are you. Go down to the Citizen's Advice Bureau and find out how to get a card. I think it's going to be All hands to the pump -