On 31/10/2013 11:57, bert wrote:
In message , Adrian
writes
On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:53:09 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

And they wonder why UKIP membership is increasing faster than its
declining in the other parties....

Perhaps because those liable to join UKIP are easily swayed by such
selective reporting?

I notice you omitted this bit...
"Experts have reported that in Netherlands, and maybe soon in France,
toilets with less than 6 litres per flush cannot be installed. Portugal
should face the same limitations. In the UK, new toilets with more than 6
l/flush are forbidden and installations of toilets with less than 6 l/
flush are encouraged though it depends on where and when the property was
built, the drainage system installed, etc. For Britain, the Commission
notes that some toilets already in place before the new legislation can
use 7 or 9 l/flush."

Sounds to me like standardisation might be a good plan...

Why? Seems to me such differences are of no consequence.

There are many things in Europe that I dislike strongly and I would
vastly prefer to be out of the EU, however standardisation of
requirements for products *is* sensible. If the EU wants to save water
by requiring limited volumes of water to be used, it is only sensible
that manufacturers here and throughout the world conform to that
standard, so that they can sell into all the countries of the EU without
restriction and without having to have differing products for each country.

Where the EU should stay out is on how countries run things internally.
For instance, how rubbish is disposed of, how many hours people can
work, protection of rare species, etc. should be entirely up to the
individual country.

If it crosses borders then standardisation is often sensible, if it
doesn't then there is no need.

SteveW