{I feel that the EU has become a huge organisation.}
Europe is a big area, so is the USA, Russia and China. Collectively the EU plays with 'the big boys' and gets deals and advantages that small countries do not get.
{There are huge amounts of expenditure supporting the MEP's, and because it is so huge decision making is ponderous.}
It would be better if it were more nimble but careful deliberation also has benefits.
{ I object thoroughly to decisions about our lives being made by politicians unelected by us.}
So what were the MEPs doing in Strasbourg yesterday, did you not vote for them?
{ The finances of the EU have not balanced for some 20 years, nor is any effort to do so.}
As different countries use differing end of year accounts there will always be discrepancies, not least between countries outside the Euro.
{ If you visit Brussels it irritates me to see the streets of restaurants ( with gas heaters heating the open air) stuffed full of staff and workers from the gigantic EU organisation.}
So they don't do this around Westminster or any other major organisation. I agree about the gas heaters though, they should go.
{ I object to the decamping of the whole EU Parliament to Strasbourg once a month for 4 days. Effectively just to keep the French happy. }
While it is peculiar, there was political expediency at the time.
{ I hate how they legislate for us but every country has a different criteria.}
And the UK has different laws in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland compared to England. Your point being?
{What makes me incredulous is Scotland who want to escape from the clutches of a UK Parliament but are happy to align themselves with the EU.}
Many in Scotland see the advantage of being part of a much bigger union.
{I think the talk of an EU army is quite ridiculous, what is NATO for, it has been around for 70 years and kept the peace effectively in that time.}
The stresses on NATO and the fact it does not fully represent the goals of Europeans, plus the way that Trump is trying to undermine it's activities, suggests that the EU is right to consider an EU army. The incoming heads of the EU also see this as important. Each EU country has it's own army already, and the main purpose for an EU army is to make joint operations better coordinated. There are benefits to commonality of equipment and understanding and cooperation between service personnel.
{This is why I voted leave.}
OK, be a 'party pooper'.