EU urban myths and the papers | Forum — The Modern Antiquarian

Rhiannon Oct 13, 2007 07:21:14

I was watching QI on bbc4 last night; the theme was the EU. Each contestant had a 'crazy EU law' to read out and they had to decide if it was real or not. There was the old 'straight banana' one, that trawlermen will have to wear hairnets because they're part of the food industry, that UK sausages haven't got enough meat to be called sausages so they will have to have a new name, and hm I forget the other one. Anyway they were all things that the papers (namely the Mail, surprise surprise, the telegraph and the times) had got worked up about "rah rah end to common sense etc" - but they were all fibs.

I mean you knew the papers made things up. And right wing ranting is the raison detre of the Mail. But it was just a little reminder. And it was nice to see it actually being said on tv.

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shanshee_allures Oct 13, 2007 11:30:36

Replying to Rhiannon

There's a nonsesne in asking the average twit (ie a big, big chunk of the population!)if they want a referendum on anything to do with Europe, coz for one they've already made their minds up it's all frogs and 'I-ties' and they'll take over our way of thinking etc (in the main, that isn't really often a bad idea!).

The issue came up on Question Time, and the usual bilge came from that shoescrape Kelvin McKenzie etc, and the usual response could be seen on the faces of the dimwits wot support and thrive uopn the whole prejudiced stupidity.

anthonyqkiernan Oct 15, 2007 12:42:32

Replying to Rhiannon

You'll also find that every story about Baa-baa Blacksheep and not putting up Xmas decorations so's not to offend anyone are also complete bunkum.