What EU 'Red Tape'?

[KenDodd]

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So, the chancellor in his wisdom has asked the public to tell him what EU 'red tape' we want to get rid of (while at the same time massively increasing 'red tape' for us all). Am I right in thinking that this so called red tape is -
Workers rights
Environmental protection
H & S
Food standards
Etc.

Would I be unrecognisable to encourage you all to write to him and tell him exactly what 'red tape' we absolutely must KEEP. I bet plenty of interested parties will be writing to him demanding we get rid of as much of the above as possible so they can exploit staff (even more than they do) sell us unsafe shit and pollute the planet without a care.

I'll be writing. Anyone else have any ideas? Equally interested to hear from people who do want to get rid of 'red tape'

Lucky escape in 2010.

BBC "An attempt to reinstate a European Union-wide ban on wonky and discoloured fruit and vegetables has failed."

"A group of Euro-MPs tried to bring back "uniform standardisation parameters", forbidding the sale of straight bananas and curly cucumbers among other items."

"But the proposal was defeated in the European Parliament, amid arguments that it would increase food wastage."

"Liberal Democrat Euro-MP George Lyon said:"The shape of a fruit is irrelevant to its taste and nutrition."

"Marketing standards for 26 types of produce were scrapped by MEPs in November 2008, in a drive to cut EU bureaucracy, with misshapen fruit and vegetables coming back on sale in the UK last summer."

"This happened after it was revealed a fifth of produce had been rejected by shops across the EU because it failed to meet the requirements."

"Some Spanish Euro-MPs tried to bring the ban back by tabling a motion to that effect this week, but it was defeated on Thursday."

"Opponents argued the move would be pointless and wasteful, with Conservative Richard Ashworth calling it "morally unjustifiable".

"After the vote, Mr Lyon said: "Eccentric laws about bendy bananas and curvy cucumbers lead to food wastage and exasperation with the EU."

"This issue should never have come back to life after the [European] Commission removed the restrictions last year and I sincerely hope we won't see another resurrection any time soon."

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8587496.stm

Yes they use those terms but they were never banned. You could buy bendy bannanas and curvey cucumbers in this time.

Look how democratic the EU is though.

Also its been gone for 12 years, not just ten.

Still hasn't made a difference to produce available either.