AS politicians voted on whether we should demand a freeze on payments to the European Union (Echo, Oct 31), the true nature of our relationship with the EU became clearer.

It doesn’t matter if the British Government insists that it does not wish to pay more into the EU, it has simply been made illegal for us not to do so. Nick Clegg was happy to point this out.

The EU hasn’t balanced its books for decades, so it should be deemed an illegal organisation, but that doesn’t count now because successive treaties have given it greater power.

Over the past 20 years a few lonely groups, like Ukip, have been yelling as loudly as possible that our British democratic power has been gradually withdrawn with each treaty.

When we have described the EU as a corporate dictatorship producing 75 per cent of our laws, I don’t think many people have believed us – until now.

This is largely because governments of every hue have deliberately misled the public by hiding where new EU legislation has come from.

Even Ed Milliband is apparently coming round and realises something is wrong.

Maybe he needs a Ukip application form.

Charlotte Bull, Ukip Darlington.