Comments on: The Man from Dublin, he says no?

By: MJ Ray

MJ Ray — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:41:57 +0000

“drowning in EU legislation” – I feel that’s actually partly due to UK MEPs using the EU as a route to try to pass bad laws at the EU level, further away from their electorate. Then the MPs blame it all on “Europe” and hide their own party’s role. We need to start holding our UK elected members to account for our unhealthy passive-aggressive relationship with Europe. The EU is a good idea, but I feel MPs and MEPs are riding an anti-European bandwagon to their own advantage. I think all parties are doing it a bit, but I’ll single out Labour’s Arlene McCarthy as someone that has particularly annoyed me in the past.

Would the constitution or Lisbon treaty have improved things? Probably not much, but at least the constitution would have consolidated the pile of treaties a bit. It was a missed opportunity: we could have made the EU much easier for voters to understand.

By: Bryn_S

Bryn_S — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:42:55 +0000

Interesting, the stuff on bananas is actually wrong… I really should Google these things before writing, shouldn’t I?

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:29:03 +0000

I was going to text you last night to ask your opinion on the David Davis move, but this is a good substitute.

“EU legislation on everything from the shape of bananas through to how many hours a week we are allowed to work.”

Please stop spreading this FUD. I’m sure plenty of people agree with your position without needing to spread the chinese whispers of the Daily Mail’s interpretation of EU law.