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Rationalist destroys Leavers with list of all EU laws that have been forced on us against our will
22/01/2019
A rationalist has destroyed Leave claims that exiting the EU means “taking back control” by listing all the EU laws that have been forced on us against our will.
How much UK law implements EU obligations?
31/01/2015
EU obligations: UK implementing legislation since 1993 / How much UK law implements EU obligations? This is virtually impossible to answer accurately, but approximate calculations can be made using law databases.
Here is a FULL list of all the EU laws we were forced to adopt against our will since we joined the EU, all 72 of them, including such gems as listing Aspartine as a food ingredient and banning certain growth hormones linked to cancer.
The great cabbage myth
06/04/2016
It has been suggested recently that there are 26,911 words of European Union regulation on the sale of cabbage. The claim is not true, but it has a long and interesting history dating back to the US in the 1940s.
"There is a simple explanation for this lack of enforcement. The European Commission helpfully informs me that the rules are quite ineffective for the simple reason that they do not exist. They are figments of the imagination."
Creating ‘Euromyths’ has become something of a cottage industry in the UK and the EU more broadly speaking. In fact, it’s so common that the European Commission has its own page dedicated to debunking these Euromyths indexing some 650 myths as of June 2016.
Brexit Party candidate Mike Greene after a long pause: "I haven't gone into the detail of specific laws."
IPPR thinktank rebuts claims that a leftwing Labour government’s hands would be tied by Brussels. / Britain could triple state aid spending to industry without breaching EU rules, according to a study that compares government subsidies to promote economic growth across Europe.
Analysis finds changes such as removal of blanket ban on hormone-disrupting chemicals. / The UK has been accused of “silently eroding” key environmental and human health protections in the Brexit-inspired rush to convert thousands of pages of European Union pesticide policy into British law.
In some legal systems, as in law of the European Union, the application of the precautionary principle has been made a statutory requirement in some areas of law.
The new law protects vulnerable road users and comes into force on Monday.
Britain's vote will be delegated by power of attorney to Finland.
The moment a Brexit voter failed spectacularly to name even one EU law he's looking forward to losing once we leave the EU is at number eight in James O'Brien's Brexit chart.
Number seven in the James O'Brien Top 10 Brexit clips is the astonishing moment a caller said that he voted for Brexit so that we can continue to have three-pin plugs.
Household appliances will become easier to repair thanks to new standards being adopted across the European Union.
Brexit negotiator links free-trade deal to workers’ rights and environmental protection.
The European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said the bloc will only give as much access to its single market to Britain after Brexit as is justified by London ensuring that EU rules and standards are preserved.
Border checks between Scotland, England and Wales could be required because of varying food standards after Brexit, academics have warned.
Campaigners say next government must clamp down to avoid risks to human health.
Boris Johnson's Brexit timetable does not give enough time for full trade agreement, Michel Barnier says
09/01/2020
Chief negotiator sets out red lines for ‘basic agreement’ and says UK will have to agree to ‘level playing field’ if it wants access to European markets.