EU - UK Influence Is Feeble.

If we only have 8% of votes in the European Council and 73 MEPs out of a total 753, meaning we only have 9.6% of the vote in the European Parliament. Even if our 73 MEPs all voted the same way (and we know they won't) it shows our limited influence and how powerless we are in protecting the Great British Public.
SO! Just how do we 'influence' people in there when they want to do something our country does not need?
Europhiles constantly aver that 'should we leave and go to subsidiary status, we would lose influence'.
They should be made to explain precisely HOW!