Reply to: What would EU fans have said a few years ago...

[BrilloPad]

...if eurosceptics had predicted that the EU would start installing unelected governments into its member states?

Those countries has a choice. Accept the men from Brussels and lose the money. They made the wrong choice. The longer they delay the inevitable the worse it will be.

[BlasterBates]

Even in Britain nothing constritutionally will prevent a a prime minister or cabinet minister being appointed who isn't an MP. The point is though only MP's can vote through laws. That's the same in Italy, although the Italian ministers aren't elected, all their laws have to be voted by Italian elected representatives. Gerhardt Schroeder appointed a non-elected minister to his cabinet. Nothing unusual about this at all. Parliament still has to vote the stuff through.

[Spacecadet]

Oh. Who elected the Italian prime minister or his cabinet?

The cabinet is not the government

[scooterscot]

If they don't understand the political process I would suggest learning about it rather than arguing an incorrect point of view which just goes to add fuel to the idea that people are too stupid to be trusted with the responsibilities

Absolutely. So when the PM denies a referendum for the people on the EU he's actually looking out for us.

No, I still don't get it.

[VectraMan]

Who elected the Italian prime minister or his cabinet?

He was appointed by the elected president, which is what presidents are meant to do when the democractically elected government fails. A similar thing happened in Greece.

Nothing to do with the EU.

[Doggy Styles]

Name one

Oh. Who elected the Italian prime minister or his cabinet?

[SimonMac]

True but I suspect the majority of the country may not agree.

If they don't understand the political process I would suggest learning about it rather than arguing an incorrect point of view which just goes to add fuel to the idea that people are too stupid to be trusted with the responsibilities

[scooterscot]

The UK has never had an elected PM, you elect a party to govern not a PM! The party elects its leader who is installed as the PM

True but I suspect the majority of the country may not agree.

[SimonMac]

and an unelected PM.

Who voted for Gordon?

The UK has never had an elected PM, you elect a party to govern not a PM! The party elects its leader who is installed as the PM

[centurian]

Who voted for Gordon?

Yes, but you responded to a point which contained the verb "has" not "had"

[scooterscot]

Who? You mean the one who led the party that got the most votes in the general election? Funny definition of "unelected".

Who voted for Gordon?

[VectraMan]

and an unelected PM.

Who? You mean the one who led the party that got the most votes in the general election? Funny definition of "unelected".

[scooterscot]

Don't forget the UK has an unelected head of state ie the queen.

and an unelected PM.

[Paddy]

...if eurosceptics had predicted that the EU would start installing unelected governments into its member states?

Don't forget the UK has an unelected head of state ie the queen.

[Spacecadet]

...if eurosceptics had predicted that the EU would start installing unelected governments into its member states?

Name one