Reasons: Lies
- 'Open Skies' treaty threatens fight agains global warming, Feb 2006
- "EU red tape" is denying cancer patients access to new treatments, Jun 2016
- "Ludicrous" EU regulation bans using combine harvesters in the wet, Oct 2008
- "Made in Britain" label to be scrapped, Nov 2003 and Aug 2013
- £3billion for bananas, Feb 2013
- £700,000 to stop yoghurt going runny, Jan 1999
- 10m scooters face axe in 'cat' call, Oct 1998
- 2-for-1 bargains to be banned, Sep 1999
- 21-gun salutes to be muffled, Mar 2006
- 58 hour working week will ground hospitals to a halt, Aug 2004
- 999 services safe from EU interference, Oct 2001
- A European integrated police force to be implemented, Apr 2001
- A village has to remove its swings due to safety rules, Jan 2003
- Acres are outlawed by Brussels, Jul 2008
- All ".co.uk" domain names to replaced with ".eu", Feb 2000
- Ambulances turn yellow for Europe, Mar 2002
- Army to be forced to upgrade trailers in line with EU Directive, Jun 2005
- B17 fly pass grounded by Brussels, May 2005
- Bagpipes to be quietened by an edict from Brussels, Apr 2008
- Banning plasma TVs, Jan 2009
- Barmy EU colder fridges' order will cost us £100m, Dec 2011
- Barmy EU rule forces mechanics to carry out specialist driving training is to be scrapped, Aug 2013
- Bombay mix to be renamed Mumbai mix, Jul 2006
- Bosses to be told what carpet to buy, Jan 2004
- Britain powerless to introduce new seat belt laws without backing from the EC, Nov 1993
- Britain to be flooded with cheap weapons thanks to the single market, Jan 1993
- Britain to phase out 999 emergency number, Jan 2000
- Britain's book export trade to be damaged by new price standardisations, May 1993
- Britain's payments to Brussels rises by £500m, Aug 2009
- British apple orchards to lose out to over productive continental farms, Mar 1995
- British car number plates to be axed by EU, Apr 2014
- British cheese face extinction, May 1999
- British hallmark for silver and gold to be replaced, Mar 1993
- British loaf of bread under threat from EU, Oct 1997
- British MOT tests to be made less stringent, Apr 1994
- British power over VAT rates to be abolished, Mar 2000
- British rhubarb must be straight, Jun 1996
- British taxpayers subsidising bullfighting, Nov 2014
- Brussels ban on pints of shandy, Jan 1999
- Brussels bans climbers' safety wedges, Feb 1995 and Jul 1995
- Brussels could force the UK to raise VAT rates and cause "a £2600 tax bombshell", Jun 2016
- Brussels drive to rob us of British identity, Jun 2010
- Brussels grabbing UK welfare, 2012, Feb 2013, and Oct 2013
- Brussels making life impossible for small online businesses, Apr 2015
- Brussels rules threatens walnuts, Mar 2001
- Brussels targeting lawnmowers, Sep 2014
- Brussels threatens charity shops and car boot sales, Oct 2000
- Brussels to ban British emblems on licence plates, Aug 1999
- Brussels to ban herbal cures, Mar 1999
- Brussels to ban wood burning ovens, Dec 1999
- Brussels to develop Europe-wide school curriculum, Aug 2000
- Brussels to forbid unwrapped sweets, Aug 1993
- Brussels to impose speed controls, Sep 2013
- Brussels to reinstate tobacco subsidies, Feb 2013
- Brussels to tear up hedgerows, Mar 2000
- Brussels wants to control media regulators, Jan 2013
- Bureaucrats declare Britain is "not an island", Jan 2003
- Butchers cannot give a dog a bone, May 2004
- Caerphilly cheese production halted due to EU rules, Apr 1995
- Cameron said Brexit would cause World War 3
- CAP spending and fraud out of control, Aug 1993
- Carved horns to be banned, Apr 2000
- Chalet girls to face extinction from foreign employment directive, Nov 1994
- Charity shops banned from selling second hand toys, Nov 1992 and May 1993
- Children to be prevented from opening bank accounts due to ID laws, Apr 1995
- Chinese toy imports are to be banned unless humanlike in form, Jul 1994
- Chocolote or 'vegelate', Apr 1998
- Christmas deliveries put at risk by EU, Dec 2014
- Circus performers required to wear hard hats, Jul 2003
- Cockle traders to be forced to buy expensive steaming equipment, Feb 1993
- Cod no longer to be called cod thanks to EU, Sep 2001
- Collection of intra-EC trade statistics to fall on businesses, Jan 1993
- Commission outlaws dyes which give haddocks their distinctive golden hue, Jan 1993
- Commission plans to outlaws darts in pubs, Jun 1993
- Commission to blame for new 118 enquiry number, Nov 2003
- Commission to force fishermen to wear hair-nets, Oct 1992
- Commission to outlaw mushy peas, Aug 1995
- Commission to push for euro-wide licence plate, Oct 1994
- Commission to tax every phone line £30, Sep 2000
- Commission wasting hundreds of thousands on hot-air balloons, Nov 1992
- Common Fisheries Policy is illegal under British law, Jan 1993
- Compulsory release dates for murderers, Mar 1994
- Condiments must be offered in sachets, Apr 1993
- Condom dimensions to be harmonised, Mar 2000
- Copyright Tax to be levied on all home VCR recordings, Mar 2000
- Corgis to be banned by EU, Apr 2002
- Cornish clotted cream to be made in Brittany, Mar 1998
- Councils required to upgrade motorway parapets, Feb 1994
- Curved or small bananas to be banned by Brussels, Sep 1994 and Mar 1998
- Data protection laws to "kill-off" investigative journalism, Oct 1993
- Dead pets must be pressure cooked before burial, Mar 2000
- Delicacies must be sold in quantities over one and a quarter pounds, Feb 1995
- Devolution is an EU scam, Dec 1998
- Directive will ban boilers for miniature locomotives, May 2002
- Double-decker buses to be banned, Jan 1995 and Apr 1998
- Driven crazy by barmy bus driver Brussels ruling, Jan 1999
- EC closes butchers shops, Nov 1992
- EC Directive orders "fishy smell" to be contained, Jan 1994
- EC employees are over-paid and do not pay tax, Mar 1993
- EC hygiene rules force closure of abattoirs, Nov 1992 and Jan 1993
- EC interference in whisky distilleries, Nov 1992
- EC legislation forbids the use of jerrycans on garage forecourts, Apr 1993
- EC library to cost £2,138 for every book borrowed, Feb 2005
- EC moves to ban Ploughman's sandwiches with new cheese temperature regulations, Jun 1993
- EC planning to ban license fees as "state aids", Sep 1994
- EC planning to make British pubs display their price lists, Jul 1993
- EC regulations forbid the carrying of British passengers, Nov 1992
- EC regulations forbid the marketing of Ingrid Marie apple, Nov 1992
- EC rules on levels of listeria threaten British cheeses, Feb 1995
- EC rules will ruin rearers of game birds, Jan 1996
- EC to ban "sexist" saucy seaside postcards, Mar 1993
- EC to ban curved cucumbers, May 1993 and Mar 1998
- EC to ban noisy toys, Jan 1996
- EC to ban prawn cocktail crisps, Jan 1993
- EC to build £900 million tower for staff, Mar 1993
- EC to demand petrol interceptors in drains or ban car washing, Nov 1993
- EC to make thatching uneconomical, Apr 1993
- EC to prevent skiing when depth of snow is less than 20 cm, Nov 1992
- EC to prevent the sale of second hand prams, Jan 1993
- EC to promote standardised Christmas trees, Nov 1992
- EC to register aristocrats to check for improper labelling of wine, Oct 1993
- EC to replace traditional street lamps, Jun 1993
- EC to standardise coffins sizes, Feb 1993
- EC to stop UK citizens taking extra strong multi-vitamin pills, Feb 1993
- EC to tamper with turkeys , Dec 1992
- EC to weaken firework safety standards, Oct 1993
- End of health tourism
- English Channel to be re-named 'Anglo-French Pond', Apr 2010
- EU 'bans boozing', Feb 2005
- EU "embassies" spending millions on crockery, Jul 2015
- EU accounts not signed off… again, Nov 2013
- EU aiming to ban thatched roofs, Oct 2004
- EU anti-dumping measures lead to price hike, Apr 2000
- EU asks women about their sex lives, Nov 2007
- EU axes French mustard, Apr 2001
- EU ban on ciggie breaks? Just hot air, Jun 2007
- EU banning tourist photos of the London Eye, Jun 2015
- EU bans children from blowing up balloons, Oct 2011
- EU bans cow gut violin strings, Nov 2011
- EU bans eating competition cakes, Aug 2008
- EU bans high heels for salon staff, Apr 2012
- EU bans wooden oars for stirring the Christmas Pudding, Nov 1992
- EU blocking vital checks on doctors' qualifications, Apr 2016
- EU brainwashing children, Jan 2012
- EU calling for Italians to produce mozzarella using powdered milk, Jul 2015
- EU could impose quotas of Roma MPs in the UK, Sep 2013
- EU Court may ban smacking, Jun 1998
- EU demanding £6bn from Britain for a new bailout, Sep 2013 and Jun 2016
- EU environmental plans lead to thousands of dumped fridges, Nov 2004
- EU favours criminals over victims, Mar 2012
- EU fuel diktat could slap £50 on your ferry ticket, Dec 2014
- EU funding for African acrobats and trapeze artists, Jul 2015
- EU funds Athens Olympics rescue, Apr 2004
- EU gives £1m to train Italian TV presenter "bimbos", Jul 2003
- EU green levy will add £130 to the cost of a family holiday, Jan 2012
- EU halting British move to ban bull bars, Apr 1995
- EU health directive to prevent barmaids from showing cleavage, Nov 2005
- EU imposes metric measurements on UK, Jan 2001
- EU is forcing cows to wear nappies, Oct 2014
- EU is targeting the Sunday roast, Jan 2015
- EU launches its own army, Nov 2000
- EU law bans church bells, Oct 2002
- EU law to create 'Electrical mountain', Mar 2002
- EU may force UK to give criminals vote, Feb 2006
- EU meddlers ban kids on milk rounds, Aug 1998
- EU migrants can avoid tax in the UK, Jan 2014
- EU money wasted on plants and wildlife, Aug 2001
- EU officials banned from flying Ryanair, Mar 2012
- EU officials spends £85 million on specially issued credit cards, Aug 2015
- EU orders eggs to be stamped with home address, Feb 2003
- EU outlaws teeth whitening products, Feb 2003
- EU pays jobless migrants to come to Britain, Aug 2015
- EU plans for cotton duty 'will cost jobs', Jun 1998
- EU plans to ban the sale of eggs by the dozen, Jun 2010
- EU plans to ban zipper trousers, May 1999
- EU plans to liquify corpses and pour them down the drain, Jul 2010
- EU plot to seize control of our seabed, Feb 2013
- EU plots to tax Britain, May 2015
- EU red tape force down broadband speeds, May 2016
- EU redraws map of the UK, Apr 1999
- EU regulations require brighter street lighting, Jan 1995
- EU regulations will force householders to use 5 bins for recycling, Aug 2013
- EU responsible for your hay fever, May 2015
- EU rule may cut mushroom jobs, Aug 1998
- EU rules ban the DIY electricians, Nov 2004
- EU rules blamed for vulture attacks on farm livestock, Aug 2007
- EU rules on compulsory release dates for murderers, Mar 1994
- EU rules restricting market stalls from having tills, May 2016
- EU safety directives to ban playgrounds, trapeze artists and bagpipes, Aug 2005
- EU says Brit yoghurt has to be called Fermented Milk Pudding, Mar 2006 and Nov 2003
- EU seeks to outlaw 60 dog breeds, Jul 1995
- EU set to abandon habeas corpus, Nov 1998
- EU staff retire early with huge pensions, Aug 2005
- EU stipulates that sports teams should wear the EU flag, Nov 2011
- EU tax bombshell that could cost businesses £48bn a year, Oct 2015
- EU tells British farmers what they can grow, Nov 2014
- EU tells PM to tear up economic policy, Jun 2014
- EU threat to British film industry, Feb 2015
- EU threatens future of Chanel and Dior perfumes, May 2014
- EU to ban advertising for same-sex flats, Sep 2004
- EU to ban glass milk bottles, Jul 2001
- EU to ban lollipop ladies' sticks, Jul 1999 and Jun 1995
- EU to ban Milk of Magnesia, Jul 2013
- EU to ban our beaches, Apr 2014
- EU to ban rocking horses, Nov 2003
- EU to ban sales of mixed drink pints in pubs, Nov 1994 and Nov 1994
- EU to ban under 16-year olds from using social media, Dec 2015
- EU to ban vitamin supplements, Mar 2002
- EU to blame for floods, Jan 2016
- EU to cut drink-driving limits, Jan 2001
- EU to end deals on the golf course, Oct 2001
- EU to enforce earmuff ruling, Jan 2002
- EU to force museums to destroy gun collections, Dec 2015
- EU to force St Johns Ambulances to replace its entire fleet, Apr 2002
- EU to force the UK to change or abolish national birth certificates, Aug 2013
- EU to fund the Labour and LibDems but not the Conservatives, Jan 2000
- EU to get a "Suntan Commissioner", Jun 2005
- EU to introduce tax on recycling, Feb 2016
- EU to make recycling teabags illegal, Jan 2005
- EU to may churches pay full VAT, Sep 2003
- EU to phase out A-levels for EU style diplomas, Jan 2000
- EU to prevent the sale of English oak seeds, Nov 1994
- EU to push for standard condom size, Oct 1994
- EU to regulate pizza sizes, Oct 1994
- EU to regulate your kettles and toasters, May 2016
- EU to rename mince pies, Oct 2002
- EU to rename UK place names, Oct 2003
- EU to scrap life sentence, Oct 2004
- EU to seize UK oil stock, May 2003
- EU trying to quantify smell of British workers, Sep 1996
- EU voltage harmonisation plan threatens British appliances, Feb 1995
- EU vote could curb taping of music and TV programmes , Feb 1999
- EU wants binge tax on our beer, Feb 2006
- EU wants one in every car, Nov 2009
- EU wants to ban bingo callers from using phrases like "two fat ladies", Dec 2009
- EU wants to ban coffee machines, Apr 2014
- EU wants to ban sale of British plants, Sep 2013
- EU wants to ban Union flag from British meat packs, Sep 2013
- EU wants to control your candles, Dec 2015
- EU wants to cut minimum sugar content in jam, Nov 2013
- EU wants to restrict your coffee drinking, May 2015
- EU will force the closure of final salary pensions schemes, Feb 2012
- EU workers immune from law, Mar 2005
- EU youth programme called propaganda, Oct 2006
- Euro CV to create more discrimination, Feb 2002
- Euro notes responsible for impotency, Mar 2002
- Euro tax on kids' clothes - secret VAT stitch-up revealed, Nov 1998
- Eurocrat pensioners dodge taxes, Jul 2012
- Eurocrats change traditional road numbers, Sep 2001
- Eurocrats to ban small fruits, Jul 2001
- European Commission approve unsafe high-risk medical devices, Jul 2016
- European identity cards to be required by all EU citizens, Sep 1999
- European news network and soap opera authorised by EC, Jun 1993
- European passport will replace national passports, Oct 2000
- European police get powers to track down British motoring offenders, May 2014
- European secondary school pupils to spend a "free" year abroad, Apr 1993
- Europeans to find themselves singing about "the motherland", Feb 2004
- Every home to be fitted with costly water meter, Aug 2000
- Excavated earth to become waste, Mar 1995
- False alarm over 999 calls, Dec 2006
- Farmers forced to issue pigs with toys, Jan 2003
- Farmers given time-limit on tractor use, Oct 2002
- Farmers to be encouraged to mow land early resulting in "massacre" of game, May 1993
- Feeding swans and homeless people to require licence, Feb 1994
- Fireman's pole to be axed by European law, Jun 2002
- Fishing boats obliged to carry condoms, Nov 1992
- Fresh pasta banned, Apr 2002
- German finance ministers can abolish UK tax veto, Dec 1998
- Gin to be sold in round bottles for the Single Market, Oct 1993
- Hallmarks on jewellery, Mar 1998
- Her Majesty to be removed from UK passports, Sep 2007
- HGV drivers not permitted to wear glasses, Feb 1996
- History programmes to be more euro-centric, Jul 1999
- Home-made cakes must be labelled with all ingredients, Jul 2004 and Jun 2005
- Horses to no longer receive medicine that would make them unsafe for consumption, Jan 1994
- How EU rules weeded out Parliament's loyal florist, Jul 2013
- Human medicines to be forbidden for use on animals, Feb/Mar 1995
- Hundreds of GPs to be forced to acquire additional qualifications, Sep 1994
- Hundreds of small petrol stations to be forced to meet new Vapour regulations, Feb 1993
- Hunters to be required to carry a fridge and be accompanied by a vet, Jan 1993
- ID required at casinos, Apr 1995
- Kent now part of France, Sep 2006
- Kilts to be classified as women's wear, Nov 2003
- Leek sizes to be standardised by EU, Mar 2002
- Let's quit the EU and link up with America, Oct 1998
- License to be required to sell herbal medicines, Oct 1994
- Light ale to be forced to change its name, May 2005
- Light bulbs lose wattage marking, May 2009
- Local meat products under threat from new EC Health Directives, Jan 1993
- London to face an influx of untrained taxi drivers, Jan 1993
- Massive increase in UK contribution, Nov 2014 and May 2014
- Medicines to receive Latin labelling, May 1999
- Milk jugs to be banned, Feb 2010
- Milk-based product directive to outlaw soft cheeses, Nov 1992
- Millions of Britons will lose credit card perks because of EU, Apr 2015
- Misunderstanding between EU and UN asylum laws, Feb 2000
- MOD to be forced to pay compensation for military jet noise pollution, Dec 1995
- Model railways under threat from EU, May 2002
- Mother Christmas outfits are the result of sex discrimination laws, Oct 2001
- Mountains must display height warning signs for climbers, Mar 2004
- New eggs cannot be called eggs, Aug 2000
- New EU rules will wipe out 17,000 lorry firms, Jun 1998
- New EU sulphur rules will cause problems with oil-fired Aga's, Dec 2009
- New procurement rules threaten rescue teams, Mar 1995
- New safety legislation prevents drivers from operating steam trains, Jul 1994
- New uniforms for firemen, Nov 1992
- Nickel in euro coins will make you sick, Dec 2001
- No EU plans to abolish Britain!, Apr 2008
- No Merkel orders
- Noise regulations to require club, pub and football goers to wear earplugs, Mar 2002
- Nurses uniform to be dictated by Brussels, Oct 1996
- Officials shop tax-free in exclusive Brussels supermarket, Sep 1999
- Open air floats and glass bottles to face ban under hygiene laws, Mar 1993
- Organic farmers ordered by EU to use homeopathic medicine, Apr 2015
- Outrage as EU stitch Brits up over migrants, Jun 2003
- Package tour firms may only be paid once customers have returned home, Nov 1993
- Paddling pools deeper than 12 inches must have full-time lifeguard, Jan 1993
- Passengers to pay a second fare for journeys over 30 miles, Jan 1999
- Pinta and loaf packaging under threat, Jan 2006
- Plan to cap prizes, Mar 2003
- Political parties to be banned from canvassing and advertising, Nov 1993
- Pork chops can no longer be sold with kidneys, Feb 1993
- Potato prices set to soar due to bad crop and EU rules, Jan 1995
- Preassure rises on Britain's barometer makers, Mar 2006
- President of EC offers prize for definition of the term "subsidiarity", Oct 1993
- Pubs can be owned by breweries again.
- Quality standards ban curved cucumbers and certain apples, Jun 1993
- Queen to be forced to get her own tea, Feb 1999
- Queries over tin can standardisation, Mar 1993
- Rare meat to be banned due to "too much bacteria", Sep 1993
- Regulators to set maximum heat of electric blankets, leaving pensioners cold, Oct 1993
- Remembrance Day poppies to face VAT charge, Aug 2003
- Reusing jars for homemade jams for sale at charity events, Oct 2012
- Rosin to be banned from use in products, Apr 1995
- Row over Latin labels, May 1999
- Rules on whether dogs may be allowed in B&B kitchens or not, Mar 2006
- Running battle over fire exit rules, Dec 1998
- Safety rules force the closure of UK playgrounds, Oct 2003
- Sales of cigars to fall due to be sold individually with a health warning, Jan 1994
- Scores of foreign boats to invade Essex coast, Nov 1992
- Scotch whisky must be handled as a dangerous chemical, Nov 1995
- Self-employed home-workers must equip their houses with fire doors, Jun 1993
- Shellfish must be given rest breaks whilst on journeys, Jan 1996
- Small inshore fishing boats to be forced to carry extensive medical kits, Dec 1994
- Smoky bacon crisps to be banned, May 2003
- Soya milk indistinguishable from cow milk and thus to be banned, Apr 1995
- Speed limits to be enforced on children's roundabouts, Oct 2004
- Strawberries must be oval, Mar 1998
- Street vendors face closure due to an EC food hygiene Directive, Nov 1992
- Swedish Presidency will force a ban on sweet and toy ads, Feb 1999
- Tax harmonisation programme will remove all tax powers from member states, Nov 1998
- Taxpayers money used to rehabilitate Peruvian drug addicts, Jul 2014
- Teasmades to be forbidden under new safety regulation, Feb 2002
- The infamous "euro-sausage" threatens British bangers, Jun 2001
- Tidying up the rules, Sep 2014 and Jun 2013
- Tractors to be banned from soggy fields, Jan 2005
- Traditional barrister's wig to be scrapped, Apr 2002
- Traditional brandy butter to be banned, Jun 1998
- Traditional British toilet to be scrapped by Brussels, Apr 1995, May 1999 and Oct 2013
- Traditional cricket teas will be subjected to random hygiene checks, Apr 1993
- Traditional Irish funerals under threat, Apr 2006
- Traditional trucker's fry-ups to be banned, Sep 2001
- Trafalgar Square and Waterloo station to be renamed, Oct 2003
- TTIP will allow Cornish pasties to be "made in America", Sep 2015
- TTIP will leave EU member states and the European Parliament further sidelined, Mar 2016
- UK authorities forced to fly EU flag, Jan 2014 and Jun 2012
- UK businesses strangled by EU red tape, Oct 2013
- UK diners will face £200m for EU allergen rules, Nov 2014
- UK doctors unable to treat off shore patients at night, Feb 1999
- UK fish quota being stolen aided by "conspicuous" lack of inspectors, Jul 1993
- UK government forced to abolish zero rate VAT on books and newspapers, Mar 1993
- UK hospital have to employ people who do not speak English, Apr 2012
- UK opt-in is an EU power-grab, Jul 2014
- UK screens being flooded by pornography as a result of new EC directive, Jan 1993
- UK supermarkets banned from issuing sales on designer clothes, Aug 1998
- UK to be forced to adopt continental two pin plug, Jun 1994
- UK to be invaded by poor quality products, Jan 1993
- Universal symbol for zoos to be the image of an elephant, Jun 1993
- Unwanted Valentine's cards to be defined as sexual harassment, Apr 1995
- Veil is lifted on new order for Britain, Dec 1998
- Vintage cars to be forcibly removed from the road, Jun 1999
- West End to be hit by new seat rules, Feb 2000
- Whelks have to be stored at an EC regulated temperature, Oct 1993
- Will the single market ban foam-filled furniture?, Jan 1993
- Wine must be served in government stamped glasses by standard quantities, Dec 1994
- Women to be forced to hand in old sex toys, Feb 2004
- Women's clothes sizes to get bigger due to standardisation, Apr 2002
- You're alright, love - The EU is not banning saying 'love' in pubs, Mar 2008
- Young people forced to give up paper rounds, Nov 1992
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