On 2007-03-15 12:09:03 +0000, Derek Geldard said:

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:34:14 +0000, David Hansen
wrote:

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:02:23 +0000 someone who may be Dave Fawthrop
wrote this:-

The EU has a voting system. I have been as a delegate in such a system
and had say to my people "Sorry, I voted against, but I was outvoted"

Indeed. Voting systems also exist in the Westminster parliament and
the town hall.

You are probably better informed than I.

Are all these countless directives emanating from Brussels the result
of a democratic voting process ?

The ones I look at are usually just stamped "Done in Brussels"
(doesn't give much away, that) and countersigned by Belgian
bureaucrat.

"Done in Leeds"

DG

.... and in parentheses.... (and you have been)