YET more European Union stupidity has come to light – this time to do with the 2012 London Olympics.

This is supposed to be a British event with benefits for the whole of the UK, although I can see very little that will benefit places such as Spennymoor and Bishop Auckland.

But to add insult to injury, we are now told that the Olympics organisers cannot allocate tickets to people from the host nation – us!

Tickets have, legally, to be equally available to everyone in the EU. So Britain, including those of us in the North-East, is funding these games, but someone from, for example, Romania, has as much chance of a ticket as you or I.

That to me is an example of how unfair the EU is and another example of why we would be best out of it.

Dave Brothers, UK Independence Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, Bishop Auckland.