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Jan, you are half right. All EU "diktats" are negotiated and agreed by all EU Member States, of which we are currently one. So, the UK, as a whole, does have a say in each and every law emanating from Brussels - through its elected Government.
Where you are right is that because the UK's approach to the EU has always been one of mild acceptance rather than enthusiastic engagement, we tend not to bother and thus, the population generally is sidelined and knows nothing about it. This, of course, is because ministers rarely engage in anything EU related because they don't see any votes in it. Then, when something is not to their liking, they tend to bellyache as if they haven't been consulted, when actually, they have.