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'To wreck it!' according to the great man Kilroy silly man that he is....

I saw Kilroy-Silk interviewed on CH4 the other day, now I didn't catch the entire interview, but his general attitude was 'I'm going to spend as little time in Brussels and the european institutions as possible' along with 'I'm going to expose the mismanagement and corruption of european institutions' - what, from afar, telekinesis perhaps? Hmmm.

Getting involved and cracking the nut from the inside, influencing EU policy to help ease any eventual withdrawal, or change the EU to suit the interests of this country, seems a far better way than just ignoring it as much as possible. On the other hand, perhaps its just democracy in action, constituents who vote for an MEP want absolutely no role in the EU, so their MEPs take no role at all, and do the bare minimum to satisfy their position.

The funny moment of the interview though came for me when asked if, since he was so vehemently against the EU, would he be taking the MEPs salary if elected? He came out with a very weasel worded 'I don't actually need to think about the pay, with what I earn', hinting that he wouldn't, but when pressed to answer with a clear, unambiguous ues or no, he changed to 'I haven't thought about it actually' and refused to say any more.

He came across as a bit of a clown to me as a result....eager to state how he wants nothing to do with being part of the EU, and then that he may earn enough to not need EU money that he is, by rights, actually entitled to as an MEP, but doesn't have the integrity to stand by his earlier words and not take up his salary as an MEP if elected.

<blockquote data-quote="Will" data-source="post: 542109" data-attributes="member: 1602">'To wreck it!' according to the great man Kilroy <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:"&nbsp; data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> silly man that he is....I saw Kilroy-Silk interviewed on CH4 the other day, now I didn't catch the entire interview, but his general attitude was 'I'm going to spend as little time in Brussels and the european institutions as possible' along with 'I'm going to expose the mismanagement and corruption of european institutions' - what, from afar, telekinesis perhaps? Hmmm.&nbsp; Getting involved and cracking the nut from the inside, influencing EU policy to help ease any eventual withdrawal, or change the EU to suit the interests of this country, seems a far better way than just ignoring it as much as possible.&nbsp; On the other hand, perhaps its just democracy in action, constituents who vote for an MEP want absolutely no role in the EU, so their MEPs take no role at all, and do the bare minimum to satisfy their position.The funny moment of the interview though came for me when asked if, since he was so vehemently against the EU, would he be taking the MEPs salary if elected?&nbsp; He came out with a very weasel worded 'I don't actually need to think about the pay, with what I earn', hinting that he wouldn't, but when pressed to answer with a clear, unambiguous ues or no, he changed to 'I haven't thought about it actually' and refused to say any more.&nbsp; He came across as a bit of a clown to me as a result....eager to state how he wants nothing to do with being part of the EU, and then that he may earn enough to not need EU money that he is, by rights, actually entitled to as an MEP, but doesn't have the integrity to stand by his earlier words and not take up his salary as an MEP if elected.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Will, post: 542109, member: 1602"] 'To wreck it!' according to the great man Kilroy :rolleyes: silly man that he is.... I saw Kilroy-Silk interviewed on CH4 the other day, now I didn't catch the entire interview, but his general attitude was 'I'm going to spend as little time in Brussels and the european institutions as possible' along with 'I'm going to expose the mismanagement and corruption of european institutions' - what, from afar, telekinesis perhaps? Hmmm. Getting involved and cracking the nut from the inside, influencing EU policy to help ease any eventual withdrawal, or change the EU to suit the interests of this country, seems a far better way than just ignoring it as much as possible. On the other hand, perhaps its just democracy in action, constituents who vote for an MEP want absolutely no role in the EU, so their MEPs take no role at all, and do the bare minimum to satisfy their position. The funny moment of the interview though came for me when asked if, since he was so vehemently against the EU, would he be taking the MEPs salary if elected? He came out with a very weasel worded 'I don't actually need to think about the pay, with what I earn', hinting that he wouldn't, but when pressed to answer with a clear, unambiguous ues or no, he changed to 'I haven't thought about it actually' and refused to say any more. He came across as a bit of a clown to me as a result....eager to state how he wants nothing to do with being part of the EU, and then that he may earn enough to not need EU money that he is, by rights, actually entitled to as an MEP, but doesn't have the integrity to stand by his earlier words and not take up his salary as an MEP if elected. [/QUOTE]

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