"Mandate" - democracy in action, EU-style

Mandate = the President of Italy gets his orders from Italy's actual rulers:

Ja voll, mein führer! 

Whenever I read stories like this, I really do question whether Britain will ever manage to free itself from this despicable gangster organisation:

But then I read something like this, and hope is instantly rekindled:

Go on - make Gordon Brown the face of the campaign for a second EU referendum. Please!