People are smart. Let's treat them that way.

I have spent over 20 years in the marketing and advertising business. I have always been encouraged to think that the best way to get people to grasp a message, is to provide them with the facts that support that message.

For example, I may have a beautiful house. I may tell you that and you might believe me. However, if I produce in front of you a photograph which demonstrates that it is indeed beautiful, you are much more likely to accept that message.

This applies as much to the European Union. The problem is, people are unaware of the facts, so don't reach a conclusion. But, people are smart, and when given the facts, they will reach a conclusion of their own...

Facts which support the reality that the EU is undemocratic in the way it operates:

All 27 EU Commissioners are appointed, not elected. Members of the European Court of Justice are appointed, not elected. Remember, Europe is now the place where 4 out of 5 of our laws in the UK are now created! There are even plans to appoint (not elect) a President of Europe. Imagine if President Obama hadn't been elected and they'd just appointed a successor to George Bush?

I invite you to draw your own conclusions.

The most supreme irony is that if the EU was a country itself, and had to pronounce judgement on whether it could enter the EU, it would have to say 'no' - because it isn't democratic enough!