It was never going to go well for the EU President Herman Van Rompuy when he decided to do an online Q&A with British Twitter users:

@euHvR who elected you, how can you claim to speak for me? #Askthepresident

— Patrick O'Flynn (@oflynnmep) October 21, 2013

Do you think you'd do your job any differently if you were accountable to an electorate? @euHvR #AskThePresident

— Christian May (@ChristianJMay) October 21, 2013

https://twitter.com/OHwinsAgain/status/392296224671277056

#AskThePresident Who elected you?

— Independent Tom (@T_Veiga) October 21, 2013

#askthepresident I don't recall seeing your rather memorable name on the ballot paper. Surely I didn't simply miss it?

— Derek Murray (@DerekJMurray) October 21, 2013

Can you please advise the results of the last financial audit of your accounts? #Askthepresident

— Steve (@Maxaretunit) October 21, 2013

https://twitter.com/TicesBirder/status/392296590582759424

https://twitter.com/samuelLBS/status/392299051154022401

And they were the printable ones…