oggbashan
Dying Truth seeker
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The nimrods in Brussels finally crossed a line the British could not tolerate when they made plans dictating to people as to how they had to make tea and toast.![]()
No. It was vacuum cleaners. They decided we couldn't buy a vacuum cleaner with a powerful motor.
And before that it was light bulbs. They all had to be eco-light bulbs. The result is that every street market sells illegal light bulbs. The eco-ones are too dim and don't last.
The 'British Sausage' was a myth. The Germans wanted European sausages to have a minimum quantity of meat - like German sausages. The British preferred sausages with less meat which therefore couldn't be called a sausage by EU regulation. The EU agreed that both were valid but the myth persisted - the EU were going to ban an essential part of a full English Breakfast.