The TTIP Picture

                                                    by Jeff Rudd

 The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership treaty – better known as the TTIP treaty
currently being wrapped up extremely quietly, under the highest forms of security possible
since the formation of the CIA or MI6, is perhaps the greatest danger to 500+ million people
across Europe since the start of the first world war. This is not high concocted conspiracy stuff
the type you see invented within an episode of X-files, the American TV series.

   If TTIP doesn’t scare you – it really should!

One Irish health organisation, Cancer.ie alone brought out its own explanation in text format,
as to why TTIP should be complete rejected. Their version just from their cancer point of view
was over 150+ pages thick backed by evidence of specialists, doctors and more just in regard
to the health of the people of Ireland should this abomination of law weakening construct be
allowed shoved down the throats of hundreds of millions – never mind also Ireland people!
Irelands very representative system is currently under threat from the TTIP treaty. As within
the Cancer.ie report, it is stated:

          “A counties ability to pass laws… is the core to a democratic process in most
         developed countries.”
In particular, the inner legal subsection section of TTIP called ISDS (Investor-State Dispute
Settlement) or its now attempted rebranded name ICS (Investment Court System) could very
undermine Irish democracy also. We shall come back later to the previous just mentioned.
Ireland’s democratic system now needs be both strengthened and given a further jolt of
sustainable public activity to get it not only back to a previous sovereign point – but also a
position where it can have greater support/defence against knocks such as TTIP. We should
have a better willingness to retain our principle governing system with defending politicians.