The Lisbon Treaty Irish No campaign leaders have extolled plebiscites as a better form of democracy and have suggested that the "political elites" should reconnect with the people. However, we already have an illustration of European politicians kowtowing to "people" -  in the guise of well-fed activists who object to Genetically Modified (GM) food  - sometimes with violence - and even worst than climate change deniers, they try to sabotage the work of science. As communism well showed, no shade of politics is immune to elites with their motor force of ambition and personal agendas. In the case of GM food, European politicians have taken the easy course and responded positively to an elite group that has scaremongered about the health impact of GM food without any credible evidence, while research that would benefit people in poor countries, is subject to the constant threat of sabotage.