(Steve Firth) 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.

Still. At least he can sit there and look at his Scottish passport to
remind himself that Scotland is a country.

Oh, wait a minute.