I'm with you on Eurovision. I think any songwriter who goes for it these days is fully aware that the number of votes is dependent on country rather than quality of song, and so they just submit the cheesiest rubbish they can come up with. In short, they've just stopped trying.
I also used to say 'let's pull out of Europe altogether', but there are aspects of being European that I've come to like. There is a whole world of experience across the channel that we now have free and easy access to with minimum hassle thanks to the EU.
It's interesting that people in other European countries are as much opposed to Euro-Domination as we are - many didn't want the Euro, for instance, and I know they certainly don't welcome illegal immigrants any more than we do. If you look beyond your prejudice, AOG, you'll see we have more in common with mainland Europeans than we have differences. Two or more countries lobbying their governments for the same thing has to be far more effective than one country trying to go it alone because they have some long-standing gripe against the other.