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James Harris wrote:
I've never seen what the disadvantages are of having a degree of common
standards and objectives.

They are fine if you agree with them, but constraining and limiting if
you do not.

Oh, and common EU standards can focus on minutiae and become incredibly
hard to change. I head recently that Nick Clegg said the EU took 15
years to decide on the definition of chocolate.

https://youtu.be/mfRlIAiHRhI

And that really is such an important thing that you're happy to ruin the
economy over?

And the top levels of the British government - PM and Chancellor - had
to get involved in trying to persuade the EU to let the UK remove VAT
from tampons. I don't think they ever succeeded. But it's good to know
that our top officials are not wasting time on trivia. ;-)

Likewise.

EU rules become an edifice, a trap.

I was hoping for something rather more draconian to worry about.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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