Swearing out loud…
A few years ago I started reading a number of mailing lists about how the EU was eroding our freedoms with its crushing centralisation. After a while, it got so depressing that I quietly unsubscribed myself from them all, saving my reading for the Blogosphere and my bi-monthly copy of Freedom TODAY.
Anyway, I was surfing round some newsfeeds this morning when I saw this headline…
European Union set to ban patio heaters to help save the planet
Admittedly it is the Daily Mail and it hasn’t made it onto the Brussels Broadcasting Corporation yet, but it is starting to pop up around the Web. You can probably guess my reaction:
January 30th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
It’s made the BBC now (1740) - heard about it on Radio 1 Newsbeat. I’m afraid my reaction is starting to tend toward rolling my eyes and muttering a bit every time I hear about another inane scheme.
Trouble is, things like this just used to come from Brussels mainly and were the butt of humour. Now they come from all angles, EU, HMG, or some unaccountable quango/thinktank.
Begone, the lot of ‘em!