Point out that, until Brexit, Parliament had been stripped of their power to make laws. All laws in Europe are made in Brussels, and the people have no idea how EU officials get their jobs. They no longer have a vote.
Point out to him how Brussels Sprouts are like little cabbages.
Complete hogwash.
and the people have no idea how EU officials get their jobs.
Mostly true, certainly not by elections (but the how many D.C. bureaucrats are elected?). They're mostly national bureaucrats appointed under a system of proportions for each country.