Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Brexit: Britain still on the fence, but what about Germany? | DW News" video.

@iaingroves1939 You've clearly deluded yourself as to what I'm on about. Farage couldn't get into British parliament, but getting into the European Parliament wasn't a problem. I could've used a number of British MEPs as equally deserving examples. Their stance on EU membership is irrelevant. You need to work on your reading comprehension.
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If you're a masochist, sure.
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Aw, Britain would like to be in the driver's seat... but can't reach the pedals.
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Care to explain why Farage was a shoe-in for the European Parliament, but him landing a seat in British Parliament is just a pipe dream? That's ignored votes for you.
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@ALexio Despacito You're making excuses. It's the UK's first-past-the-post electoral system that favours established parties -- there's your party elite at work -- and their candidates at the expense of candidates that the voters actually prefer. Also, you're comparing FPTP to a proportional closed-list system, which is hardly representative of EU countries on the whole. Speaking of which, closed-list is what the UK used to elect MEPs, Farage including. As champions of democracy (er, not), you'd think the UK knows better than to pick not one but two archaic electoral systems.
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@ALexio Despacito Yet your FPTP has led to a de facto duopoly of Conservatives and Labour, which is conducive to elitism as well, not to mention polarisation. The status quo is emblematic: a party that is in complete disarray is in charge, while the only real contender is chasing some Utopian socialist dream. But I guess being deprived of better options is a form of stability, too. The OP implied that the UK somehow occupies higher moral ground democracy-wise, yet the EU is an intergovernmental and supranational union with a sound democratic foundation. I suppose Brits would like to see the EU saddled with a duopoly, too? That would really spell the end of the EU.
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@iaingroves1939 You just confirmed my findings regarding Farage and his inability to make MP. Doesn't it follow that you're calling yourself deluded? The electoral system according to which each EU member elects its MEPs isn't decided by Brussels, but in your case, Westminster. If you feel British MEPs are single-agenda career politicians who're just milking the system, blame Westminster, not Brussels. You're the one misrepresenting facts. Farage has stood for the House of Commons no less than seven(!) times, from 1994 to 2015, without success. He's made MEP four times, in 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014. It's not just your reading comprehension that needs work. Your arguments are full of holes.
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