View Single Post
Old 09-04-2008, 11:29 PM   #14 (permalink)
douglas denny
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: CHICHESTER
Posts: 1,119
Party: UKIP
douglas denny is just starting out
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by kernow View Post
Surely in politics if you haven't got a title such as MEP none of the media would bother interviewing you on anything to do with the EU! At least MEPs can with authority tell interviewees what is going on in the EU even if they have no power to stop it!
Quite right. - and one of the reasons the argument was won in the early days of the party to interact with the EU by standing for the EU elections and taking the seats if obtained. There was a big bust-up I believe (before my time) when certain people (Sked in particular I believe) wanted to refuse to engage with the EEC on principle - like the IRA not taking seats in Westminster. That argument was lost for many reasons - the above being one of them.

DED.
douglas denny is offline   Reply With Quote