Original sentence: The Taoiseach himself arguably dealt a damaging blow to his own side when, on 12 May 2008, he admitted in a radio interview that he had not read the Treaty of Lisbon in its entirety
Edited sentence: The Taoiseach himself arguably dealt a damaging blow to his own side when, on 12 May 2008, he said in a radio interview that he had not read the Treaty of Lisbon in its entirety.The significance of not having read the Treaty of Lisbon from start to finish like a traditional novel, is however disputed as the treaty as Treaty is in line with the nature of most amending treaties, and therefore is not intended to be read as an autonomous text