Adrian wrote:

David Hansen gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

If, for the sake of argument, one accepts the claim that the UK is a
country then by the argument above it cannot be a country. While laws
governing the UK are passed in Belgium the UK cannot be a country.

Just as well they aren't, eh?

Tssk, eh? Hansen not understanding the political constitution of the EU.
Yet on previous occasions he has claimed to be a political advisor and
lobbyist to the European Parliament on transport and environmental
issues. One would think that such an important individual would have
bothered to acquaint himself with the legal relationship of the EU to
the UK constitution before attempting to tell the Eurocrats how to
manage transport and the environment.

EU directives are approved and passed into UK law by Westminster. Yes, UK
law. England, Wales, NI _and_ Scotland.

Yebbut "it's Oor Oil!" Actually we've just about used it all up, so
Scotland can have the empty tin back.