Aug 14
The EU exposed?
Guido has just followed through a lead from The Gray Monk to an interesting website operated by one of our (apparently disillusioned!) MEP’s. The good Mr Mote has blown the whistle on the games the Brussels bureaucrats play – and the pretense that it is all above board and democratic. Any betting on his retaining his seat at the next election? Guido’s money says the bureaucrats will do their utmost to sabotage it!
Tellingly he reports that the Council of Ministers usually arrive and sign agreements before a meeting – at which they supposedly make the decision they have signed before meeting. Even the “Parliament” is in on this act – to quote Mr Mote:
So if the parliament is a charade, why is it so well attended? In a word – money. If an MEP fails to push his electronic buttons during more than 50% of the votes, his allowances are cut. No wonder MEPs have been described as little more than a highly paid monkeys pressing buttons for bananas.In one-hour sessions, which always precede lunch, hundreds of votes are taken at breakneck speed on long lists of resolutions and amendments. The purpose is to give democratic legitimacy to what passes for law in the European Union. Voting is so fast MEPs read the papers next day to understand what they decided, and to find out how the commission is interpreting the results.
This torrent of new law feeds the once obedient civil servants back in Britain. They are having the time of their life, enforcing millions of words of regulations and directives from Brussels. Of course they enthuse about the EU. It has much to their satisfaction effectively given them a bureaucrats charter.
I wonder if they rent out the cellars to commercial purveyors of gunpowder? It might be the only recourse to restoring democracy!
As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher’s Council hold a vote every week on what they consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around… per the Watcher’s instructions, I am submitting one of my own posts for consideration in the upcoming nominations process.
Here is the most recent winning council post, here is the most recent winning non-council post, here is the list of results for the latest vote, and here is the initial posting of all the nominees that were voted on.
