Re: Pointless
@Roland6
"The design was decided by and agreed by the national governments, in the case of the uk, the Conservatives as led by Thatcher…"
Not sure why you bring Thatcher into it. She turned against the political project. She supported the common market.
"Yes, we voted for MEPs but Westminster et al didn’t want them to have any real power anytime soon…"
Et al being the EU? And while the gov may have their desires the UK voted leave so I can only guess the people had a different view than the politicians.
"I’m not so sure given there was little democratic accountability for the lettuce - appointed by a selected few and then (thankfully) cast aside by the same few"
The same few? I am not sure about that since she won a leadership election and then the party replaced her with their desired winner. And they are likely to be voted out of the gov in the next election it seems. More accountable than the EU then.
"Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Catch is many, back in the 80s, thought (a future) EU et al would slap down the worst excesses of Westminster…"
And living through the EU it seems not. As before the referendum and after and seemingly resurrected, the very important question I asked is still short of an answer.
"As I’ve said before, the real problem is at Westminster not Brussels…"
Or both. Which is why it is important to ask how another layer of bad government on top of our bad government improves anything.