Category Archives: Euromyths
The EU is not banning kids from blowing up balloons
Can I point out a few things? 1) The EU rules can regulate how things are put on the market, but not how they are used in the home. So they recommend supervision for use of balloons etc that children … Continue reading
Summer of euro-scares
What do eggs, flags, cornish pasties and nurses have in common? They are all stories we have been dealing with this summer that have to a greater or lesser extent been misrepresented in some quarters of the British press. At … Continue reading
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Bullfighting – another Euromyth
On the day that Catalonia bans bullfighting, I just thought I would make clear that whatever you might have heard, the EU doesn’t subsidise bullfighting, either directly (which it never did) or indirectly (through subsidies for raising bulls). Farm payments … Continue reading
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Science+Europe=accuracy fail
I went to a very interesting event about science journalism in the UK last year at the Royal Institution which I blogged about about the time. One of my conclusions was that many of the issues faced by science journalism … Continue reading
Insert eggscrable pun here
Thought those of you outraged about the alleged EU ban on selling eggs or rolls by number rather than weight might be interested in this statement from the European Parliament.
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Don’t take my word for it
The discussion about how much of UK law is due to the EU rumbles on, but Channel 4 Factcheck have done a pretty comprehensive demolition of the figures floating around. Find it here
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Milk and honey
I’m sure today’s Express article (strap on front page, article page 3, opinion page 12) had the good burghers of the UK spitting out their Earl Grey in disgust, where it broke the story that the EU was planning to … Continue reading
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Sarkozy’s shower
There are various media reports today that EU taxpayers have paid £160m for the French Presidency, including £250,000 for a shower. EU presidencies are paid for by the country that runs them, with the exception of *some* of the costs … Continue reading
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Have you ever been away
Sorry about the extended silence, but it’s my mid-year resolution to write more often (until I go on holiday in 3 weeks time that is…) We start with the story doing the rounds on EU rules reducing your pensions, which … Continue reading
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