//It is because of Labour govts, that we now have health and safety at work…//
It’s quite true that the Health and Safety at Work Act was eventually passed by a Labour government. But….Conservative Secretary of State for Employment William Whitelaw introduced the new Bill on 28 January 1974 but Labour were returned to power in the February 1974 United Kingdom general election and the Bill again lost.
//…employment protection….//
The Employment Protection Act was introduced in 1996 when there had been a Conservative government for the previous seventeen years.
But other than that, spot on !!
//I do wish you lot would stop going on about unelected bureaucrats. Haven't you heard of MEPs? Or maybe you couldn't be a**** to vote?//
Of course, as referred to by others, you will know that MEPs cannot propose or modify legislation but only endorse that put before them by the European Commission.
//Some of the recent comments (not yours Clarion!) just show how pathetic some of you are - what you don't know you make up. //
So whilst we’re on the subject of made up stuff, let’s have a look at this:
//The Masstricht Treaty was brilliant - what was there not to like? I'm sad that we're not in the Schengen Area or the Eiro zone as we jolly well should be.//
Let’s leave aside the fact that the Schengen Agreement pre-dated the Maastricht Treaty by some seven years. Have you any idea the problems that have been caused by the two EU “achievements” that you mention?
Schengen: Have you examined the problems that nations in the Schengen Area have encountered. Have you noticed that on occasions in the past few years so problematic was it that borderless travel had to be abandoned for a time in a few countries?
The euro: Have you taken note of the huge damage that the single currency has wreaked across much of the eurozone? Did you know that youth unemployment reached >50% in Greece and Spain and that Italy is on the brink of a financial meltdown, all caused by those countries using a currency over which they have no control. Even many of its supporters now accept (which was adequately forecast before its introduction) that to force a currency on a bloc before political and fiscal integration had been achieved was a serious error.
The euro and the Schengen Agreement are lauded by the Euromaniacs as their two proudest achievements. In fact between them their introduction has probably caused more damage than just about any political decision since WW2. So please, before you accuse others of being pathetic and making things up, do a little research and indulge in a little thought. (Possibly too much to ask).