The thing about representitive democracy is that it requires you to elect people to represent you.
That seems to be one of the big problems with Britain's relationship with the EU. Most of the time it gets ignored completely apart from the times it is seen as being a meddling foreign entity.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 11 Jul 2016, 13:08, archived)

My problem with it comes more from the relentless drive to federate.
I'm all for free movement of people, free trade etc but I don't believe a monolithic superstate is in our best interests. We're a minority viewpoint in Europe meaning that any wish of ours for reform will be, and has been, slapped down.
( Kroney, Mon 11 Jul 2016, 13:13, archived)

The problem is a lot of the bits people are critical of the EU for our own government are massively for anyway.
Take TTIP for example - France are standing up to it, whereas Cameron was blindly pushing for it because 'this is the deal that we want'.

Ironically, because of various states refusing to entertain it in it's current form, the EU might reject it and we end up getting the same deal with Europe tippexed out.

Given FPTP and 5 year terms it keeps some things on track - like environmental stuff which our own governments would ignore as they ram through changes they hope the opposition wouldn't appeal. I think we should have a better system that promotes coalitions, with more frequent elections so you can kick out people easier.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 11 Jul 2016, 13:18, archived)

Which I would support.
Unfortunately only the UK, and maybe the Dutch, seem to dislike the current situation.

Sorry, I misread your last paragraph. I thought you were talking about a new system in Europe.
( Kroney, Mon 11 Jul 2016, 13:22, archived)