05/01/2009: "who is running the country?"

democracy is a simple process, you have a parliament, the sitting members have the power to vote and change laws, bring in policies for the benefit of the people, every few years the people get to either vote them back in for another few years or vote for another person to take their place (in the hope that it may change direction or policies being followed)
and thats it! .... or it used to be!

in today's world - THERE IS VERY LITTLE DEMOCRACY!

who controls the country when there is a major outbreak of disease in the UK?
the world health organisation does!
i didnt say i wanted a beaurocratic body based in plush offices in switzerland to control my health in the event of a major outbreak of disease, who did?
until the WHO state that countries can start their "action plans" - no country can start them, until the WHO say its a pandemic!

who decides if a serial killer who is in prison, is released back into the community?
the european court of human rights
i didnt elect them, vote for their members, i didnt give my permission for this, who did?
i elect members of the UK parliament to take these decisions, if i dont like their decisions, i can vote them out... how do i vote the people on the court of human rights out if i dont like their decisions?
the european court of human rights tell us what will and wont happen, yet i dont know anyone who voted for this!

woolworths (or any other business) is going bust, who is in charge of helping the company and its workers out financially?
european law!
why? the government we elected is not allowed to give them funds (to help save workers jobs), as this is deemed against competition laws by the european parliament!
the car industry is the same, except that that taxpayers have to fund a scheme that gives discounts under "the green environment" banner, which imposes a discount on the car dealership (which means they will put their prices up by a Ł1000 to avoid losing money)
who signed away our powers to europe and more importantly, why did they do this?
if we go against the eurpean laws, taxpayers have to pay huge fines.. its ridiculous!

there are endless examples of powers being taken away from the parliament we elect, im sick of hearing a plan or proposal, only to find the argument that stops it, is "we are not allowed to do it under someone elses laws..."

this, hazel blears take note, is why people are switched off to uk politics, its nothing to do with "a recession will get people connecting with the political process" whats the point of electing an MP when that MP and its government cannot do anything because its ruled by a body or court thats not elected and is hundreds of miles away in another country!

i find it amazing that we dont have riots here in the UK, when an english/scottish/welsh person wants to bring in a product into the UK from europe, they are faced with paying taxes to make it the same price as it is if they bought it in the UK, (the uk person pays) when a ruling is required on bank charges it takes years to sort out what was already a legal precedent in uk law, and once again the uk taxpayer has to wait, losing money in the process.
when the banking system collapses, due to regulation failures, that threatens the big money going into these unelected rule makers, oh how they call for huge levels of bail outs, which once again come from the taxpayer...

it sucks! 100% sucks!
i dont work all my life to pay money into a selection of ruling bodies that i dont have any say over, i have just one vote at a general election - i use this to either agree with the way the country is run or disagree with the way the country is run.
if all those i can vote for are tied by the same rules, made by some official body hundreds of miles away in other countries, which taxpayers have to fund, then i dont have a vote at all do i!

is there any political party out there that will give the people the option to regain control of our/this country?
i dont want someone to argue and discuss our case in european parliament, only to be hopelessly outvoted because there are thousands of euro mps from 27 countries around the continent.
its costing the UK taxpayer too much money in their everyday taxes - its no good supporting a major UK party that has only 30 euro MEPs, only to have them outvoted unless they make concessions or join another huge group of MEPs from other countries or lose the vote instantly - i dont want a non elected body in a foreign country in charge of my health, despite taking vast amounts of the UK taxpayer's money every year

i dont want special favours or rights, i just want our democracy back, we have one vote in a general election, i want that vote to decide who sits in westminster parliament, that takes ALL decisions on how we live!