I'd like to butt in a little here and try to reconcile my perceptions of both sides of this. Emmett and his assorted ilk do have legitimate concerns regarding lack of accountability, corruption and numerous other problems which do genuinely exist with the EU at present. Where they become head-bangingly frustrating is when they use these problems as some kind of justification against the principle of European federalisation. The way to solve these problems is to engage properly in the system, rather than shouting Nazi-themed abuse in the debating chamber.

Emmett does strike me as a reasonable man, however he has yet (to my knowledge) to address the core issue of why a federalised Europe is a bad thing. The EU gives us just as much power over 'Johnny Foreigner' as it gives 'Johnny Foreigner' over us, and the notion that we would come up with our own sets of manufacturing standards just to be obtuse is laughable. I'm happy to acknowledge the specific problems with the EU in it's current incarnation, but unless you can address the core, idealogical issue, you will always be seen as a xenophobic, 1980's fringe group.

France is the biggest beneficiary of the policy [CAP] by around 20%

Ah, but isn't what you're arguing for (direct democracy) would simply exacerbate this problem as people are generally misinformed about most things.

Absolutely classic example of how to skew the result of a poll by the way you frame the question.

No, the opposite. If people knew that taking an interest was beneficial then they would. How else do you explain the process of waking up in the morning and going to work? If people had no interest in earning money so they could provide for themselves and their family then they wouldn't and that would be the end of it. Besides which, you are continuing to ignore the Swiss example.