On the "unelected front": most of the government system in any country is unelected. And that's as it should be - would you rather have professionals running government offices, or amateurs who have been elected bcos they looked pretty? Think about how well electing sheriffs worked in the southern US before you answer...

More to the point is lack of oversight from the ppl who _are_ elected to stop the empire-building. So long as the EU organisation can continue to get money without responsibility to see that it's spent correctly, I'd rather not bother. To be honest, I can't see the point of the UK being a member of the EU at all - if the money poured into that pit was channeled into healthcare and transport, we'd be in a damn sight better shape.

Graham.