The seventy-third weekly "No shit, Sherlock" award

This week's award goes to the Diplomats of EU countries who The Telegraph report

"are increasingly worried that amid the turf wars there is a danger of Brussels "mission creep" as squabbling EU chiefs try to enlarge their empires at the expense of each other and national sovereignty. "

Apparently:

"Another diplomat expressed concern that amid the "biggest shift for 50 years", following the Lisbon Treaty, EU institutions were in danger of overstepping the mark.

"It is about getting the right balance between a collective EU voice and the member states. Whoever talks – Van Rompuy, Barroso or Ashton – they need to speak to a position agreed by the 27 member states," he said. "

The EU trying to take power for itself and reduce the role of member countries via "mission creep" - "No shit, Sherlock"