[swilhelm73]

Well, Oswald Mosely saw it quite clearly shortly after WWII. Fascism, and Mosely was the leader of the British fascists, may have lost the clash of arms...but they could win politically within the form of a European Union...

[rogermellie]

unfortunately for the owner of this diatribe, there are a number of enormous factual errors in the article.

1) the european parliment DOES have sanction over the commission - they can sack them (and did so a few years ago)

2)the EU directives are pieces of legistlation sanctioned by the national governments - its called the council of ministers. the commission is therefore also subject to control from national parliments through their respective governments.

3) national parliments can reject EU directives.

4) you can vote for a plethora of parties for the EU elections - i voted for a party campaigning on an anti-windfarm ticket.

5) unelected civil service - whoever heard of an elected civil service?

if you wish to inform our friends about matters european please do not insult them by passing off a load of deliberately false tripe as if it were the truth.

if you don't like the EU you are free to say so and use any number of perfectly valid arguments that exist to champion your cause - just don't talk utter rubbish that is demonstratibly untrue.