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Originally Posted by richard s

Well Farage and all the other idiots showed how childish they are by turning their backs on the EU anthem... Farage not in my name.

Didn't the EU anthem get announced in the Parliaments as the "National Anthem"? The EU is not a nation; you show respect for a real national anthem but the EU is nothing of the sort.

Turning their backs on the EU anthem may not be to your taste, but at least those MEPs were true to their beliefs.

The EU is an undemocratic organisation; it cannot be anything else because of the diverse views of their 28 members. The Parliament is only a nod towards democracy because of elections. It has few powers other than to say "no" to legislation they don't like that has been proposed by the Commission; they cannot initiate laws. Even if they had the powers, they are so factionalised that it wouldn't work anyway; hence the way the EU is constructed - power at the centre only.

The British public (at least the 52%) have rumbled all this and want their sovereignty back.