One Ball Too Many

On Thursday of this week we're told we have to do our civic duty and vote for the MEPs of our choice. Except it's not our choice; at least not as far as the main domestic parties are concerned, merely a list of names of candidates they have chosen. Names that for the most part have been dragged from the anonymity bucket of party activists. Seems to me that's more akin to an act of blind faith than a legitimate democratic process.

Which leads me to question what exactly we're voting for; and, is there even a shadow of democracy in the whole European charade when the Council of Ministers and the Commissioners are appointed by the elites of the political inner temples of the member States?

In the UK alone we have developed a growth industry out of politics. We already have more layers of governance than an archaeologists could imagine in their wettest dreams. From parish, town, city and county we go on to the major leagues of devolved, commons and the Lords before bringing in the battery producers of Europe; all of whom seem incapable of creating anything with any real effect other than to lighten our wallets.

Why is it not possible for constituency MPs to represent us in Europe. Perhaps selected by their parties and offered alongside the smaller or dissident candidates. Who knows we might get some work out of them; or would that be one ball too many in the juggling act of keeping legislation tight, regulation light and their expenses at there height irrespective of the blight they inflict on democracy.

So what exactly are we voting for? Is it an undemocratic executive with no responsiblity or accountability or even the sham of a pretendy democracy, becuase that's how it seems to me.