Another EU directive coming into force this year essentially bans the production of the chemical that is the basis of disinfection in hospitals and laboratories. Expect hospital-acquired (nosocomial) and laboratory-acquired infections to increase once this directive enters into force. The sad thing is that the hospital and laboratory community was not even aware, let alone involved, in the development of the regulation until it was too late to stop, as it was seen as an environmental issue. And good luck with rolling back such EU regulation once the negative impacts are felt.
These are just two I know about in my specific area of expertise
This is typical of the sort of thing that if it had to be proposed as a measure by the British Government and put through parliament wouldnt stand a chance.
However as a directive proposed by the undemocratic commission it is nodded through as secondary legislation under the EEC Act 1972 with MPs told that it would be 'an abuse of process' to oppose it.
It makes my blood boil - or at least it would have done until June 24th when I discovered a majority of my fellow British citizens felt the same way and were not prepared to put up with this state of affairs any longer. Now I juat grimace then sigh "Thank Goodness" when I read things like that.
How is the clock doing, still clucking
Also its wings are a bit odd, they are more like my spaniels ears than wings.
Plenty left over at the shop last night. They are not selling all that fast.
Hard to think why....
The other thing is that its cuckooing is recorded cuckooing in the black forest or somewhere.
Unfortunately they didnt notice when they recorded it that another cuckoo was cuckooing back at it. So every time it cuckoos there is a slightly fainter response cuckoo afterwards so at ten oclock you actually get twenty cuckoos. Ten loud and ten not so loud 'echoes'.
It is quite cute though, even if it is an albino starling with a red beak and spaniel ears that cant count.
Where do you get it & how much is it? Sounds to me as though such a wacky thing could be a worthwhile purchase.
(edited to add: cue for a run on them, sold out in minutes?)
£29.99 at Aldi, batteries included.
And got a light detector so it dosent cuckoo through the night (unlike some here....)
But the one you missed was the idea that we are weighed down in EU regulation. I think there's very little evidence of that, especially given our opt-outs.
The EU directive on GMOs is essentially preventing any commercialization of synthetic biology. Synthetic biology - the biological revolution - is supposed to be the next great economic revolution, akin to the electronic and then IT revolutions. The EU, despite a very strong research position, is simply not placed to exploit its technology.
Another EU directive coming into force this year essentially bans the production of the chemical that is the basis of disinfection in hospitals and laboratories. Expect hospital-acquired (nosocomial) and laboratory-acquired infections to increase once this directive enters into force. The sad thing is that the hospital and laboratory community was not even aware, let alone involved, in the development of the regulation until it was too late to stop, as it was seen as an environmental issue. And good luck with rolling back such EU regulation once the negative impacts are felt.
These are just two I know about in my specific area of expertise
I am sure there are unwelcome regulations from the EU. But the point is this. There's a large consensus on the problems with the U.K. economy - low productivity, a low-skilled workforce, poor infrastructure, the price of housing, and a failure by British business to invest for the long term.
None of these have anything to do with the EU.
What bugs me is that (some) Brexiteers think that leaving the EU is a magic bullet. Rather, on balance the economic effect is likely to be negative.
And it will not solve the actual problems listed above.
I agree with all those points save the 'on balance' one - whether it is positive or negative is, in the longer term, largely in our hands in my view. It is not a foregone conclusion.
But it is also incorrect to suggest as you did that there are not ways in which, through deregulation, the life of particularly small businesses can be made easier.
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And got a light detector so it dosent cuckoo through the night (unlike some here....)
But it is also incorrect to suggest as you did that there are not ways in which, through deregulation, the life of particularly small businesses can be made easier.