[jonathanp88]

>> It is the remit of the British people to hold our government to account, not an even higher, more abstracted government that is even less accountable to the people.

Why does it stop exactly there in the multiple layers of goverment we have? Because you say so? Why is the remit of a citizen of say, Ipswich, to hold the Ipswich City council to account, the Suffolk County Council to account, the British government to account, all elected with ever larger constituencies, each more abstract and less accountable than the last, but not the EU government?

[beaconstudios]

> Why does it stop exactly there in the multiple layers of goverment we have? Because you say so?

I think you're misunderstanding me - granted, the sentence was ambiguous. I was saying that it is not the remit of the EU to hold the British government accountable.