Yeah, it's the EU. Any British voters out there might want to consider these facts...

"Political "control" is spread over 15 different countries, speaking 11 different languages.

There is no government party, and no Europe-wide political parties elected on published manifestos.

Constituencies are so vast (approximately 250,000 voters) that few people know who their MEPs are and even fewer know what they do. Under PR, they do not even know who their MEP is after they have voted.

Reaching agreement with 15 countries is so difficult that policy is always a compromise drafted by the bureaucracy.

Allmost all initiatives are conceived, or at least hatched, within the bureaucracy.

National politicians all have their own departments to run at home and have time only for the minimum number of items. Moreover, each represents only one 15th of the political group.

Divergencies in the cultural and linguistic base create confusion and misunderstanding between member states politicians that bureaucrats can exploit wonderfully.

The departments of government are run not by elected ministers hoping for re-election, but by appointed commissioners who never need votes.

The vast wealth of the EC enables it to buy the co-operation of bureaucrats in member states, by the funds it adds to their budgets and the perks of travel and entertainment. If can buy the acquiescence of the politicians by allocating EC funds to their countries and by "jobs for the boys". This is quite apart from bribery and corruption.

The language difference means that there is no Europe-wide press to publicise scandals, and focus and unify electoral sentiment across the EU."
mr chinnery Reviewed by mr chinnery on . Anthony Jay speaks on the biggest threat to British Freedoms since WWII Yeah, it's the EU. Any British voters out there might want to consider these facts... "Political "control" is spread over 15 different countries, speaking 11 different languages. There is no government party, and no Europe-wide political parties elected on published manifestos. Constituencies are so vast (approximately 250,000 voters) that few people know who their MEPs are and even fewer know what they do. Under PR, they do not even know who their MEP is after they have voted. Rating: 5