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My take on it is this: The more layers removed an average voter is from an election, the more anti-democratic. Voting for MPs who vote for EU parliament represe
by iamstupidsimple 6y ago
My take on it is this: The more layers removed an average voter is from an election, the more anti-democratic. Voting for MPs who vote for EU parliament representatives who vote for commission members is too far for me.
One effect of this: elites always vote for other elites. There have definitely been many MPs who come from a working-class background, but that is impossible in the EU because normal voters aren't able to put those people in power.
Basically, if I (or the other common man) do not have a direct vote on someone in power, then we are in an anti-democratic system.
- dijit 6y agoHow does that view jive with the fact that Farage is one of the first people elected to the EU parliament but his party has never held a seat in the UK despite having 12.5 of the vote. A democratic system allows proportional representation of views, as it stood if you supported UKIP you were not represented at all in government. (Not saying that I like UKIP. But it’s a failing of our democracy that is notable.)