Democracy........... .................... .......
The general public in the UK don't get to vote to choose the monarchy, Prime Minister or House of Lords.
The UK government often ignores high court judgements.
UK governments ignore election manifesto pledges that they were elected upon.
The government and unelected bureaucrats often over-rule decisions by elected local councils and parish councils.
... and yet Brexiters claim that the EU is undemocratic...
We do actually get to vote for MEPs to represent us in the EU. The fact that most people can't name them doesn't mean that they don't exist or don't get to vote.
The UK also has a veto vote so nothing much goes ahead in the EU unless the UK agrees to it. In fact it often needs every full EU member to agree else things don't go ahead. In that respect the EU is more democratic than the UK.
Posted By: Larry Hagman on June 20th 2016 at 12:52:47
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- Democracy............................... ....... (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Jun 20, 12:52:47
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