euro haters

[brionon]

I hope some of you watched QI yesterday and saw how your Newspapers{newspapers ?} have lied to you about Europe over the years.

[Loosehead]

So,been taken in by some propaganda have we?

[Whickerman]

well....yes.

[Whickerman]

some from the British Press over the past few years, as outlined by Mr Fry & co.

Gastronomes in Britain were today backing specialist varieties of cheese such as Cheddar, Cheshire and Lancashire which look set to be banned under EU rules. The cheeses, made by many of Britain's small farms, use unpasteurised milk, a process the EU intends to ban following food poisoning scares.
PA News, 10 May 1999

Supermarkets and off licences will only be allowed to sell booze at weekends under secret plans by barmy Brussels bureaucrats.
Daily Star 21 February 2005

�the EU�has decreed that condom dimensions should be harmonised across the seamless Continent.
The Independent on Sunday 12 March 2000

A tightrope-walker says that his career has been placed in jeopardy by legislation originating in Brussels which dictates that he must wear a hard hat to perform.
The Times, 23 July 2003

The barmy bureaucrats of Brussels appeared to have gone totally bonkers last night...they banned the sticks used by our lollipop ladies. The Euro meddlers say foreign drivers may not understand the "Stop:Children" sign, suggesting they will simply drive on when a lady stands in front of them.
News of the World, 4 July 1999

Greedy EU chiefs will snatch Britain�s North Sea oil if Tony Blair signs up to the planned EU constitution, it was revealed last night. The draft proposal for the treaty has a secret clause demanding power over Europe�s energy supply.
The Sun, 29 May 2003

Along with straight bananas and cubic melons, to mention a few.

[Whickerman]

this direct from HM Govt

http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=O penMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=113999 1749274

[Zen]

Isn't this the same Government that brought us the tale that Iraq had WMDs which could be launched in 45 minutes ???

[Gromit]

You'll be telling us that there is no EU directive on the curveyness or otherwise of bananas next.

[SteveD]

Euromyth buster:

http://ec.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/press/euromy ths/index_en.htm

[littleoldme]

Anyone care to guess which "news"paper got named and shamed the most as a purveyor of untrue sensationalist scaremongering hogwash?

[brionon]

Forget Europe for a moment. If we catch Newspapers out in downright lies-how can we trust anything they say?

[Whickerman]

believe half of what you see and nothing that you read - Lou Reed.

[brionon]

Did he write that ?

[Whickerman]

possibly not. But then, you did just read it...!

Actually, there was a lyric in one of his songs (Last Great American Whale, album New York - bloody great) that nearly had that - substitute read for hear.