The grotesque self-serving extravagance of the EU

[doodab]

At least he's bankrupt.

Morally or intellectually?

[speling bee]

Is he an MEP?

A look at wikipedia shows you are correct. Bloody hell. How did that happen?

At least he's bankrupt.

[VectraMan]

Is he an MEP?

A look at wikipedia shows you are correct. Bloody hell. How did that happen?

Proportional Representation.

[doodab]

Well there's Nick Griffin...

Is he an MEP?

A look at wikipedia shows you are correct. Bloody hell. How did that happen?

[mudskipper]

This. I can't name you a single MEP from another party.

Well there's Nick Griffin...

[doodab]

- he's the only MEP that people have heard of

This. I can't name you a single MEP from another party.

[darmstadt]

Why was Nigel called out in the Torygraph story?

I noticed that and only came to one of either two conclusions:

- because he's Nigel Farage of the UKIP, or
- he's the only MEP that people have heard of

[CheeseSlice]

Nigel Farage among MEPs to benefit from EU second pension scheme - Telegraph

MEPs including Nigel Farage and senior Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrats benefit from a secretive, heavily subsidised EU second pension scheme that will cost the taxpayer an extra €227.7 million (£187 million), it can be revealed.

Why was Nigel called out in the Torygraph story?

[xoggoth]

Those opposed to EU excesses should find ways to tackle them out of their own funds should they?

Mind you, it is not just the EU. Look at this too, just one example:

BBC News - 'Half of Lords' clock in to claim expenses

This is the nature of those in power at levels unfortunately. I'm not suggesting that they are any worse than the rest of us, it is just that they have the power and we do not. Men are all self serving. They are not all out to line their own pockets, many are very well meaning, but almost all are empire builders, convinced of the value of their own ideals which they pursue to the exclusion of other opinions and they then think they should rewarded for the benefits they imagine they bring to mankind.

It would be great to have a written constitution limiting powers and perks at all levels. Don't know if others who do their own accounts have checked actual wording of statutes but there are far too many clauses making exceptions for members of parliament. A total abuse of power!

And a REAL democracy where all opinions, including extreme ones, have weight in proportion to those who support them. Why not let the BNP, those proposing Shariah Law, no border types, extreme Green sorts or Marxists who want all property outlawed not have an MP or two if they can muster the support? There is not the remotest chance of any gaining power in the UK but, if we exclude some and not others according to current thinking about what is acceptable, there is no true democracy, because extremists will also support moderate laws that go a little way in their direction.

A bit of basic maths. Remove either end of a normal distribution and you shift the mean in the opposite direction and this also impacts those close to the centre of the distribution.

[KentPhilip]

Vote UKIP!

[darmstadt]

They're at it again, no better than bankers really:

Departing MEPs get final payoff of up to £157,000 | World news | The Observer

Nigel Farage among MEPs to benefit from EU second pension scheme - Telegraph