| A combination of the expenses
scandal in Westminster and the European parliamentary elections
is producing a strange outcome in the newspapers. On the one
hand, we are told that the European elections don’t matter
much, that the turnout on 4 June will be low and deservedly
so. On the other hand, we are told that MPs have been abusing
expenses because they don’t have anything else to do, now
that all their power has gone to the European Union.
The first argument has some merit. Some
of the most important issues that politics deals with – the
balance between public and private spending in the economy,
criminal justice, education – are dealt with at national level
and not by the EU. If those are the only things you care about,
then there is no reason to vote.
But if you are interested in the way we
work and earn a living, then the European Parliament is for
you. Read more
here. |
