1. "Unelected unaccountable Brussels" In opposed to what?
2. Orders in Council are a type of legislation made by our unelected monarch
3. Orders of Council are made by the Privy Council. 650 people who include elected politicians, unelected ex-politicians, unelected Bishops, unelected Archbishops, unelected Lords, unelected Judges, unelected Earls, the unelected Lord Chamberlain, and an unelected Prince Philip.
4. Then we have our Procedural laws that are made by the unelected Civil Procedure Rule Committee, led by the unelected Master of the Rolls.
5. Along with the Scheme Laws that are made by the relevant unelected Scheme commission
6. Oh, and then we’ve got Cannon law, made by an unelected clergy in cooperation with an unelected god.
7. Then there is the technical regulation proposed, and made, either by unelected technocrats in unelected government departments such as the unelected NMRO and the unelected MHRA…
8. Or unelected technocrats in unelected independent non-governmental agencies, such as the unelected Food Standards Agency.
9. Then there is civil service secondary legislation from agencies like the unelected Highways England who need legislation to close a part of M25
10. Then, as you know, there is legislation around policy. The unelected civil service are also responsible for proposing legislation that satisfies the policy of elected ministers.
11. Some of which has been set out in a manifesto that has been made by a combination of unelected ex-politicians, unelected think tanks, unelected civil servants, unelected ex-civil servants, unelected technocrats, and unelected party members.
12. Then there are the non-manifesto laws proposed by the unelected civil servants to fulfil a policy that have been wholly initiated by an elected minister.
13. Those are made and presented to the House of Commons to be voted on. A successful vote in the Commons will see that legislation is moved to the House of Lords.
14. Where it will be finally voted on in a chamber of 754 Lords and 26 Bishops, who are all unelected.
15. And the UK isn't alone. Take the US. There is the Appointments Clause. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution allowing Presidential Appointment needing Senate confirmation (PAS)
16. There is around 1200-1400 positions that require Senate confirmation...or at least that is what the Congressional Research Service estimated in 2012.
17. All to run unelected independent agencies like the unelected Environmental Protection Agency and the unelected Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
18. If we are going to have democracy then we must have governance, and in governance, not everybody is elected. Sometimes they are appointed. Sometimes their appointment is voted on by elected people, like the EU Parliament or the US Senate.
19. As it stands, we are always going to have unelected people in our government, whatever happens.
20. The only difference is, in the future, it is more likely we will be following rules that were voted on by people we didn't elect.
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