SIR - I have now competed just my second week as Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, and although I knew it wouldn’t be long before I saw some of the rank hypocrisy we in UKIP know the EU have perfected over the years, even I wasn’t expecting to see it on day one, and so blatantly.
If a member of the public travelled from Bradford to Brussels, (I don’t recommend it) they would not be able to smoke for the entire journey from the taxi from their house to the station, on the train to London, on the Euro star, then on the Brussels metro to the Parliament. The politicians have decided we are not allowed to do that.
Once in Brussels, like in the UK, you can’t smoke in buildings the public have access to, oh, except one, the Parliament.
The EU has decided that they don’t have to follow the rules that have been set for the public to obey. This might be seen as just a minor point, of little consequence to the outside world, but the trouble is, this hypocritical attitude carries through to very important areas.
Amjad Bashir, UKIP MEP for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, Wellington Place, Leeds
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