A Duff exception

It is not very often that someone warrants the honour of being the subject of two posts in one day on this blog (other than the chief 'pratmoron' in Number 10, who continually undermines his own authority due to his 'foot 'n mouth' problem), so step forward Andrew Duff, a mere 'pratmoron'.

Following on from my earlier post today on Andrew Duff, it is now confirmed that the Constitutional Affairs Committee (CACEP) of the European Parliament have proposed that an extra 25 MEPs be elected on a pan-European ticket, amongst other proposals. Duff maintains that this will improve the popular legitimacy of their House and  has a great chance to establish a coherent modernisation of the electoral procedure. What he does not realise is that if the European Parliament had any real legitimacy it would not then be necessary to improve it, popular or otherwise. Of course, Duff's wish to establish a coherent modernisation of the electoral procedure is code for silencing even more the nationalist voices presently being heard. For readers who wish to delve deeper into this matter, click here and follow the links.

This proposal by the CACEP ties in very neatly with my post of a few days ago, on the subject of pan-European parties. It is not unrealistic to query how long before the number of 25 is increased and the number of national MEPs is decreased. This is what Duff was intending with his original draft report which included a proposed mathematical formula for redistributing the seats in the European Parliament, one that was not adopted - but one without doubt for which Duff will continue to press in the future.

On the basis that the Europhiles are determined to have their way, perhaps Richard North's suggestion, whose post I have just seen appear, might be adopted and that we bring forward the revolution and just shoot the bastards now!

Update: In his own words!  "If we really want a successful post-national parliamentary democracy, Europe's political class has to move with the times. So far national politicians have been rather bad at connecting citizens with the EU. It will not be acceptable for those national politicians who are so critical of the European Parliament to refuse to contemplate its reform".