Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
Even if that argument weren't as utterly, pitifully flawed as it is (neither the House of Lords nor the Monarch has actual executive power - unlike the Commission), it is a strange and perverse argument to say that you believe it's right to vote for even less political accountability because you don't feel our level of political accountability at the moment is what it ought to be.

Oh, and your £60-£80 billion figure is entirely fictitious and utterly unprovable - something that ought to be obvious from the fact that there is a disparity of TWENTY - count 'em - £20 billion between the estimates
Democracy doesnt just mean the executive has power though, and that was a stat from the CBI btw, hardly the most rabidly pro-eu body I think you'll agree. http://news.cbi.org.uk/reports/our-g...utweigh-costs/