Rex Kramer wrote:Moggy wrote:
It's a rather pathetic answer.
I understand they had pro EU people on during that timeframe, but to have zero pro EU MEPs in the last five years? It kind of sends the message to the public that the European Parliament is a waste of time when the only MEPs they see are those who hold it in contempt.
I'd wager the vast majority of UK citizens think that anyway, as a country we've made little to no effort in engaging in the diplomatic processes of the EU. Hardly surprising that the public believes this though when they consider the best people to send over to do job are people like Paul Nuthalls (of the UKIPs).
Yes and the reason they think it is because the only MEPs we ever see are the likes of Farage and Hannan who go on TV to tell people that it is a waste of time and money. While simultaneously telling us that the EU controls our entire lives and that we are living under a dictatorship.
The BBC is obsessed with balance, but this is an area where they really failed. I can see that they thought putting a Labour or Lib Dem MP up against a UKIP MEP counted as balance, but hearing from pro EU MEPs would have done a great deal to educate people in just how important the European Parliament was/is.
