MEPs refuse to criticise EU budget

Daniel Hannan, Conservative MEP for South East England, giving a speech in Strasbourg on 25 November 2009 on the lack of scrutiny exercised by the European Parliament with regard to the infamous EU budget.

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• Scandal

[MacDragard]

It sounds like no one is listening because they're all talking and doing their own thing. Pretty rude if you ask me.

[Visfen]

Sure is! A voice of reason in an ocean of corruption

[Tholdrinn]

/watch?v=z1ikQQk8cJQ&feature=r­elated

He speaks a clear truth just as V does

[asumazilla]

Wow I can't believe people are just chatting in the parliament while business in proceeding. These politicians have no respect for their own parliament!

[Iamfatbrain]

Makes me sick. Incompetence is such a horrendous vice. Something most politicians seems to be afflicted by. Stop wasting money! Stop creating legislation the majority of "regular people" wouldn't support! ... It's mind-boggling.

[happyfred3]

I prefer Churchill and Voltaire to the same end.

You cannot change a mind over the internet unless you have something so hard hitting they cannot help but take heed of it.

But what you can do is keep chipping away until you get something of a small victory, the more you make people feel like arse holes, the less they will want to argue.

[happyfred3]

Because, if you had tried to make me leave the discussion or ignored me, then you would be exhibiting the exact same standards of those who have no real understanding or respect for freedom.

The fact that I was so an annoying and incoherent yet you were still willing to argue with me shows that you have the right mentality to argue with our common enemy, because you can be sure that they will act in a similar way

It also tests you devotion to liberty, how far you will go for a lost cause

[happyfred3]

Do you understand why I approached you as I did?

[happyfred3]

Liberty is the freedom to be an arse hole if one wishes and when you look at the patriot act, you cant help but wonder for how long that will be.

But the patriot is a minor enemy of liberty compared to the European Union which is the biggest threat to western liberty in this day and age, When you are in the British position, when you cannot trust any political party, you might see why I test people so....not that I do it often, only I was interested to see an American (I assume) on a Hannan Vid.

[happyfred3]

Your fury amuses me, for I care little of your politics, I simply wish to end your debate :)

It has no place here and though I even agree with some of your points, you and I are both still arse holes!

Simply being here makes us the lowest of scum :)

[Aeronomer]

Who are the rude idiots standing right next to him?

[happyfred3]

You wouldn't be here if you weren't an arse hole, nor would I