A few bizarre Europhobe rumours from that pamphlet. The great thing is how most of them are so damn petty and patently ridiculous, and would hardly make any difference to the so-called British way of life even if they were implemented:<\/p>\n
20) Brussels bureaucrats are going to introduce a standard Euro-condom of insufficient size to house British assets<\/p>\n
25) Brussels tried to torpedo “lethal” PVC bathtime ducks<\/p>\n
31) Brussels plans to harmonise size of coffins<\/p>\n
32) Brussels has banned English Oaks<\/p>\n
34) British seesaws are banned by EU bureaucrats for breaching European Union safety regulations<\/p>\n
38) MEPs discriminate against ferrets<\/p>\n
62) Local sweet shops will be forced to close due to Brussels regulations banning them from selling unwrapped sweets<\/p>\n
64) Eurocrats to ban English apples over 55mm across<\/p>\n
65) Curved bananas are to be banned – the infamous one, and a load of bollocks<\/p>\n
67) Brandy butter is to be renamed “brandy spreadable fat”<\/p>\n
73) Information about nuts must now be put in Latin instead of English<\/p>\n
74) Cucumbers will be banned by Brussels unless they are straight and must not arch more than 10mm for every 10mm of their length<\/p>\n
76) Square gin bottles are to be compulsorily replaced by round bottles to ensure a level playing field under the single market<\/p>\n
79) Traditional pizza sizes in inches are to be outlawed<\/p>\n
83) Brussels plans banning mushy peas<\/p>\n
88) Brussels bureaucrats want to ban British milk bottles<\/p>\n
97) The European Court of Justice has ruled that it is illegal to criticise the European Union<\/p>\n
99) EU plans to criminalise journalists<\/p>\n
132) British lollipop ladies are having to bow to Brussels’ relentless drive for harmonisation by getting new harmonised sign designs<\/p>\n
173) Britain never chose to be in Europe, it was imposed on us – utter nonsense – excellent!<\/p>\n
181) America is worried that the European Rapid Reaction Force will undermine NATO – America<\/i> worried about undermining NATO? Ha!<\/p>\n
It’s interesting stuff, this Europe business. There’s a hell of a lot of information out there – it’s going to take a fair while to wade through it all. I’ll try and stick it out for the long-haul, if only so I’ve got loads of facts and figures to chuck at people who make stupid claims like those above…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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