European stealth

There is a proposal floating round the corridors of the European Parliament for MEPs to be elected by votes from any or all the 27 member states, so as to give a broader European perspective to all of us.

This could mean no British MEP elected at all and the death knell for the only democratically elected persons in the European Union. If this gets as much daylight, as is EU custom, this will happen when we are all asleep. But don't worry: "No decision has yet been made."

RONALD J RANKIN

Coates House

Dalkeith, Midlothian