"Pssst Jim we are talking about EU COMMISSIONERS NOT MEPs."
And EU Commissioners, like cabinet ministers are appointed not elected - you boorish lout.
Why should that be an issue in Europe?
Were you brought up loutish or did you have to go to college to learn it?
"As to "crooked" bankers? Nobody complained when bankers were making spectacular profits which unlike Starbucks, Vodaphone, Google, et al, did pay "
Peploe complained when their behaviour sent the economy belly-up and we found out what a bunch of crooks they really where - excusing their dishonest puts you were you are.
Or are you suggesting that self-serving dishonesty is OK because nobody knows about it?
Didn't they teach you about morals and responsibility when you hold responsible public positions?
Jim Carroll