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Can you not see how convoluted your arguements are?. This sequence starts with your erroneous claim of an "unelected cabal" in Brussels, dictating to you. When called out on that, you then try an claim that they are still unelected,and undemocratic,because they were not directly elected by...

It was an amazing event,and it started in Scotland,where the Dissenting tradition and Scottish Enlightenment provided the scientific basis. Although it might be fair to include the huge effect of the skilled French Calvinists ,escaping persecution who brought practical skills. Of course the...

No. It was in amazement,,you really are ignorant of the structure of politics in your country. ..As flecc has found it necessary to advise you. Now I come from a republic and don't believe in the mystical properties of Royalty. But there is a reason that the officers in your army and navy hold...

OG, I must demur . They are representatives selected by their country but not in the fashion of an ambassador. They cannot be recalled, and even where the government changes, they remain for the duration of their tenure. They do take an oath of being accountable to the EU , and were they to...

Yep! What was I thinking.

OJ do you actually not realise how ignorant you are. ?

They are not impotent,in the political sense they initiate policy. Now this was all explained to you a few times already, so do you really want to join the slow learners stream?. The EU has so many checks and balances, and is so obviously democratic and consensus driven ,that it is,a wonder...

What election did the Queen stand in then? , Hers is the top job in the country.

Please Tommie..that is no way for you to talk about the DUP,

No.. the vast majority would have been senior ministers in their respective governments, not civil servants. Some indeed were recent prime ministers.The quality of the portfolio depends on the calibre of the candidate,and most countries want to gain prestigious portfolios. I am not aware that...

Nobody in the UK voted for Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary. A majority in some narrow constituency gave him more votes than the next candidate,to elect him their MP. With your single seat first passed the post system and with say 5 candidates ,he could be elected by 21% of those who voted...

It actually was the OJ person, but I take your point. I take as my model John Hume ,who answered the bigoted, the ignorant ,the invincibly ignorant , the curious , and those few who were prepared to learn with courtesy and decency for decades . Now , ,I know I don't have Nobel prize reserves of...

And no one in Ireland voted for Farage,yet here we are.

You could be and in fact are wrong. I have given you the facts. Commissioners are persons selected by the cabinets of each of the EU states. That is basically the same as any Cabinet Minister in any democratic country. .They are selected by the directly elected members. In most cases they are...

Encourage all member states to have multiseat constituencies, with proportional representation.

Not one of the Cabinet Ministers in Westminster has been directly elected to that position by the people. But they were selected, by the people you elected. The same is exactly the situation in the EU. The Commissioner is the equivalent of a Minister,and is the person who sponsors legislation...

... or the more likely , sufficient satisfaction that they are not bothered. I rarely think or worry about the water in my taps,it just works. The same mindset will no doubt affect other people. Tomorrow's match , the weeks groceries, my children's education ,these are immediate. Like...

Any EU treaty may start over the port wine by those jowly old white men, but then it is sent to committees, 50% of which are chaired by women, then it goes to the professional draftsman..a significant fraction of whome are female lawyers, it then needs to be debated by the Commissioners,then...

Which part of MEPs are voted into position by direct votes of the populations in their own countries have you difficulty understanding. ? Unless people of colour go up for election they will not be elected. Identify the structural impediments PUT IN PLACE by the EU for your position to have any...

The EU is not utopia. Can you identify any posting from myself, flecc,OG etc who have identified it those terms. You may be familiar with concept of "a strawman arguement "