Almost as though we don't directly get to elect the people who administer the whole thing. Sounds a bit like the EU, but we all know[1] how that's a completely

Almost as though we don't directly get to elect the people who administer the whole thing. Sounds a bit like the EU, but we all know[1] how that's a completely different out-of-control unelected bureaucracy[2]. [1] Have been told [2] The EU parliament doesn't count, for vague reasons that change every time you hear it.