Within the next few weeks, those wishing to book their ticket on the gravy train leaving for Brussels in May will be telling us why we should vote for them.

These self-servative jobsworths from all political parties will neglect to tell you the European Union that they will want us to vote them into has not even been able to balance the books for the last 14 years.

With many of the ex-Eastern Bloc countries who have joined the EU seeing their currencies near to collapse, European banks have loan exposure to these countries of almost one trillion euros which are looking as dodgy as a politician’s promise.

Let’s see if we can get an MEP manifesto commitment from each successful candidate that if they can’t do any good within two years they will resign. Rem-ember that those who promise to bring happiness wherever they go are often only likely to bring it whenever they go.

JOHN CRAMSIE, Johnston Street, Blackburn.