Congratulations Brits! By voting in the election, you have taken part in your beautiful democracy, and exercising a right so many others fight for around the world.

However, as exciting as it may be for you, the rest of Europe doesn't really care about the outcome, as the UK stopped being relevant some time ago.

How did that happen? It wasn't sudden event, but developed gradually. It began as a niggling resentment of the EU. This became an ideological position, and soon spread across the country. It infiltrated the political system, and ended up pushing Brits away from the rest of Europe.

Today most of you want to remain part of the EU. At the same time, opinion polls shows that the majority of you also want to get a better deal. The cost of membership is far too high, the argument goes. But then there is the Ukip school of thought, that says the UK should leave completely. And despite the polls saying that only 10 per cent of the electorate support Ukip, David Cameron has responded, and as well as saying he'll renegotiate UK's deal with the EU, he's also promised to hold an election on EU membership by 2017.

This all reveals a very specific attitude that sums up British society. One always tries to get a better hand, every time and everywhere. Wherever there's a congregation, you always want to be in the VIP area, eating and drinking only the finest food and wine, from gold-plated plates and cups.

All other EU member states have accepted the terms of the union. Some of them are even willing to accept extreme hardship – just look at the Greeks, who have stayed put (alas with threats), despite experiencing prolonged austerity.

General Election 2015: The alternative power list Show all 19 1 /19 General Election 2015: The alternative power list General Election 2015: The alternative power list Rick Edwards He may have started his career as a T4 pinup - best known for saying “awkward” and “now, for more Friends” - but Rick Edwards has re-launched his career as a politico. Edwards' book None Of The Above was published this year, and he was praised for making the prospect of voting and getting involved in politics exciting for young people.



He gave a TED talk last summer, in which he gave suggestions for how politicians could get under-24s to become passionate about drawing a cross next to a candidate's name. General Election 2015: The alternative power list Ant and Dec The Geordie cheeky-chappy TV presenters recently took a turn as political pundits when they discussed their disillusionment with the Labour Party in February.



Ant McPartlin said: “I voted Labour all my life but last election I voted Tory because I was thoroughly disillusioned with the Labour government. Now I'm thoroughly disillusioned with a coalition government.



”I feel we're both staunchly Labour and would vote Labour if we could, but I don't know what their philosophy is any more.“



Declan Donnelly added: ”I'm not sure I could picture him [Ed Miliband] as prime minister.“ Getty Images General Election 2015: The alternative power list Cheryl Fernandez-Versini The singer gave a candid interview about her political beliefs, saying that as she paid a "f**king lot of tax" she was obliged to pay careful attention to what each party is saying.



Fernandez-Versini, who normally supports the Labour party, told the Telegraph: "I’ve always been Labour all my life but I want to hear what [the other parties have] got to say for myself. Now that I’m a mature woman." Sport Relief/Gary Moyes General Election 2015: The alternative power list Jack Monroe A food blogger who spent years on the poverty line struggling to raise her son as a single mother, Jack Monroe has come out as a supporter of the Green Party.



In 2014, Monroe was mired in controversy after saying that David Cameron uses "stories about his dead son as misty-eyed rhetoric to legitimise selling our NHS". Her contract blogging for Sainsbury's was not renewed. General Election 2015: The alternative power list Armando Iannucci The Thick Of It creator has been a loud voice for reminding people to vote, and believes that if you don't go to the polling station on 7 May, you're more likely to be penalised by whoever comes to power.



A supporter of the Liberal Democrats in the 2010 election, Iannucci has said he doesn't know who to back this time around, but has been critical of the Tory party's attempted takedown of the SNP. Getty Images General Election 2015: The alternative power list Simon Cowell X Factor founder Cowell said that David Cameron had the “substance and the stomach to navigate us through difficult times”. Getty General Election 2015: The alternative power list Harry Leslie Smith The 91-year-old war veteran is a Labour Party supporter and a ferocious supporter of the NHS.



Smith, who was invited to speak at Labour Party Conference in 2014, has 32,000 followers and published a book - Harry's Last Stand - in which he outlines the danger of privatisation.



As the most cursory of glances at his Twitter feed will tell you, he really doesn't like the Tory Party. PA General Election 2015: The alternative power list Eddie Izzard A staunch Labour supporter, comedian Eddie Izzard has been on the campaign trail with the party's candidates from Southwark to Crewe.



Izzard has said he will stand as the Labour candidate for Mayor of London in 2020 and has been a party donor since 1998. During the 2015 campaign, he has been dismissive of what he believes is the Conservative party flaunting their wealth by erecting giant billboards. Reuters General Election 2015: The alternative power list Al Murray the Pub Landlord South Thanet’s finest, comedian Murray is running against Nigel Farage in his constituency. Leading new party Free United Kingdom Party, Murray’s policies include bricking up the Channel Tunnel and giving the public a British moon on a British stick. almurray General Election 2015: The alternative power list Russell Brand Despite famously saying there was no point in voting, Brand has now urged his followers to vote for Green MP Caroline Lucas in Brighton, and told the rest of England "You gotta vote Labour".



Brand's YouTube channel The Trews has prompted debate, and he hit back at David Cameron describing him as a joke, saying that he didn't think there was anything funny about the Tories cutting public services. BBC General Election 2015: The alternative power list Joey Essex The Only Way Is Essex star – famed for wearing a watch around his ankle and shoes a size too small so they don’t turn up at the toes – has now dipped his toe into politics. Essex (real name) interviewed Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg for ITV. He didn’t learn a lot, but reckons voting is “reem”. Getty Images General Election 2015: The alternative power list Robin Grey – aka David Cameron’s favourite busker In April, as David Cameron strolled through Alnwick, Northumberland, a ukulele-playing man who told the Prime Minister to "f*** off back to Eton".



That ukulele player was Robin Grey. He told The Independent: "I started singing it ('f*** off back to Eton') [and] I was like, that's a bit crass, I thought I could do better than that. But I just kept on going, because it was coming from the heart." Kiran Moodley General Election 2015: The alternative power list Steph & Dom from Gogglebox The super-posh couple from Sandwich staged an interview with Ukip leader Nigel Farage. Very little actually came out of the debate – apart from Farage spilling a drink down his slacks – but the couple got on with him like a house on fire.



While the couple never expressed their political allegiances, they managed to humanise Farage even more, and we can't exactly see them voting Green at the polls. Channel 4 General Election 2015: The alternative power list Royal baby The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s daughter Princess Charlotte could sway the election in favour of the Conservatives as people will be happy with the status quo. If it was a boy called Edward, Tories had worried it could sway the public in favour of Labour leader Ed Miliband. Getty Images General Election 2015: The alternative power list Myleene Klass The Hear’Say singer turned businesswoman gave Ed Miliband the grilling of a lifetime, saying that his proposals for mansion tax were unfair, and that: “You can’t just point at things and tax them.” General Election 2015: The alternative power list Madonna Posting a picture of Margaret Thatcher, the singer showed her support for the often-controversial Conservative Prime Minister. Apparently free milk in schools and miners rights are less important than a de-regulated financial market to the Like A Virgin singer. Getty Images General Election 2015: The alternative power list Martin Freeman Bilbo Baggins has poked his head out of his Hobbit home to endorse the Labour party. Freeman has filmed passionate messages for the public to encourage people to vote for Miliband’s party. General Election 2015: The alternative power list Gary Barlow The Take That singer endorsed the Conservatives in the 2010 election, joking: “I've only known David Cameron for about year. In fact, I was slightly worried at first, because he thought Ronan Keating was part of Take That.” Getty Images General Election 2015: The alternative power list Caitlin Moran Perhaps the essential Twitter follow, and a booming voice for the left in Britain. Times columnist Moran constantly writes thought-provoking articles about women and being working class.

One might say it's time to call Britain's bluff at the European table. But before that happens, let's be clear: you can't cherry-pick exclusive membership terms and end up benefiting from the free movement of capital and goods, but not the free movement of people.

If the UK leaves, the rest of Europe may well lose a valuable trade partner. But let's face it: we'd all be wishing farewell to that awkward guest who came to the party, but then announced shortly afterwards that they wanted to leave. And if this happens, the people who'll be affected won't be the politicians or the rich businessmen who prop them up. The actual cost would be carried by ordinary British people, who would lost out hugely if the country gives up the huge investments and trade opportunities the EU offers.

As soon as Britons understand that the UK can't have a better deal, the faster you'll be on the the autostrada to relevance once again. UK elections may actually be exciting for us once again. So Britain: accept the EU membership terms with a stiff upper lip, just like you've done before. It's easy: keep calm, carry on – work with us through adversity, and not against us – and soon enough you'll be enjoying the party with the rest of us.