You are again speaking from prejudice and not from knowledge. Do some serious study. EU Commissioners are managers who each hold a specific portfolio. They are appointed by the Council of Ministers. Each member country is represented on the Council and that representation is determined by their voters.

The Parliament can dismiss a Commissioner, so it does have real power. It doesn't work in the same way as national Parliaments because that's not its function. The EU works through devolved powers, by an acceptance that some things are more efficiently done in concert with others. It's the principal of subsidiarity that you completely fail to understand.

Thousands of years ago every little community had to defend itself against its neighbours. Then localised leaders emerged who
demonstrated the strength in doing things together, then eventually Monarchs. Nowadays, we cooperate with others for our defence with Nato, as the threats we face cannot be handled alone.

The EU is not a military alliance, but it follows the same principles in other areas. If it delivers better and more efficient answers than handling things on our own what's the problem? Only the xenophobic believe that doing it all ourselves is somehow better, whatever the actual cost.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

I didn't "confirm" anything of the sort! You are just allowing your prejudice to see things which aren't there. The Commission works under delegated powers given to it via the Treaties. Treaties which are established by governments who are democratically chosen by the people. The Parliament scrutinises their work, suggests improvements, instructs the Commission to propose other legislation and, together with the Council enacts the laws. That it works differently to a national Parliament doesn't mean it isn't democratic. The real question is whether it delivers better outcomes for the people it serves.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

you want a metaphor for the EU economy ?

all the wine growers. They are paid tax-money to produce crap that nobody wants to drink, nobody wants to buy anymore.

and then all the surplus wine flushed down the drain or converted into industrial-cleaner.

While you are working hard in your City, paying taxes, living in a little flat and travelling on the Tube......those wine-growers are living on an estate, driving a nice car and staying in bed every morning.

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Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

I'm trying to bang their heads against a wall.

No I don't. The second chamber should either be abolished altogether (my preference as it means less government) or it should be wholly elected.
This deficiency in our democracy does not mitigate the fundamentally undemocratic nature of the EU.

Once again Starmer is offering to support whatever NI deal as he did with the Johnson debacle which caused the problem in the first place.

Did NI actually want a border in the Irish sea?

Talking of democracy what right do we have to assert ourselves in this manner, surely it should be up to the NI people themselves.