They also push impossible energy efficiency standards for home appliances. So the EU bans toasters and kettles that work: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/

They also push impossible energy efficiency standards for home appliances. So the EU bans toasters and kettles that work: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/10/eu-to-launch-kettle-and-toaster-crackdown-after-brexit-vote2/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/10/eu-to-launch-kett... Vacuum cleaners that work: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/11047127/EU-rules-against-powerful-vacuum-cleaners-ban-best-models-Which-warns.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/11047127... Some of the other bizarre rules... It's illegal for bottled water makers to claim it's effective against dehydration: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/... They tried to ban jugs of olive oil at restaurants: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10064787/EU-to-ban-olive-oil-jugs-from-restaurants.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10064787... A salmon smoker had to re-do all package to notify people that it contained fish: http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/05/03/476064362/backing-brexit-a-salmon-smokehouse-says-its-been-swimming-upstream http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/05/03/476064362/b... There's just a lot of bs. Also the common agriculture policy and common fishing policy haven't been great for the UK.