name me a EU directive that has personally affected you

not allowed to take any sea bass home caught from the shore between Jan & June, only one allowed between between July - Dec
can't buy my fruit and veg in lbs & ozs
forcing me to buy led lights

Name me one MEP (bar Farage)?

what wage are MEP on?

why laugh I have exceeded your criteria just off the top of my head, not even mentioned electrical appliances

I'm laughing because I don't have a clue about EU directives and you named 4 right away

I write for a living, now mostly self-publishing because that's where the money is. It used to be the case that there was no VAT on books sold in Britain. That still applies to paperbacks (for the time being) but the EU has forced the British government to apply 20% VAT to ebooks like the Kindle.

This means that a book that once would have sold for £1.50 now retails at £1.80. That's not an "attractive" price so I would put it out at £1.99 whereas it should really go out at £1.49. The customer now pays an extra third, which reduces sales and therefore income.

arent emissions standards for cars and taxis set by the eu now? what are we at? euro5 or euro6 i think.

what are these new light bulbs we use now the ones that are not as bright are they halogen? if they are they will have to be replaced by 2017 for LEDS which will start at £12 a bulb.

Code 4 building Regs

very green but stupid as well

can only install a 10 cm deep bath (or there abuts)- so once regs passed - bath taken out and fit a proper oe;

must have a rack for 2 bycycles in the shed- even if you dont cycle

must have a tunnel thru back hedge for hedgehogs

uk must contribute to the cultural practice of Spanish Bullfighting

is the rule about having power sockets half way up the bleeding wall anything to do with them?

Not a Directive but Facebook, You Tube, Microsoft and Twitter signing up to a Code of Conduct outlining (a non-defined) hate speech and where "where European values and laws are respected” will be potentially interesting

Burton if your shorts of light bulbs David Icke stocked up on the old ones i seen a tour of his house on yutube on isle of man

message him im sure he will send you a few

The Prime Directive

Often when visiting alien planets, I want to intervene to save them from some interesting weekly disaster, but I can't!
It's political correctness gone mad!

If I did violate it, that ***t Junker would take my ship off me, and my mating privileges with Green women .

Max 1200 Watt Hoover = craap
Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) specifically article 20 relating to restrictions on e-cigs.

When I return to Blighty I'm herded towards the 'EU passport Holders' checkpoint.

I have NO more right to enter my beloved Britain than any other EU citizen.

And when you go to say Spain, do they have a special exit only for the Spanish?

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Of course not. The goal is to give all EU citizens the same rights. Nice idea but utterly flawed. History tells us the erosion of individual sovereignity nearly always ends in tears/trouble/bloodshed.

The EU wants to remove all national identity whether that's Spanish, Polish or British.

burton brewers - no-one, not even the EU forces you to use or buy LED bulbs.  Although you might want to though given the cost savings.

Tobacco Products Directive

putting warning notices on packets of nuts that they might contain nuts

Side bar: LED bulbs are 1000 times better than the sh*t old energy saving bulbs, I recommend them.
Nothing to do with the EU though, though it was them that banned the old filament ones.
I've a dimmer light with a filament, not sure if LED bulbs would work in that, the others didn't.

Making the name Junker hated when it earned such a fine reputation 1939-45

Vat on energy
Green energy tarrifs
Unable to dredge local river has silt removed as to be taken away and disposed as "hazardous". 600 houses flooded here due to that one.
Overtime working regulations.
Not being able to help the steel industry (Redcar), Cost my firm £2,000,000 that one.

and I could go on.

The dearth of the British sausage is entirely EU driven.

Renewable energy & climate strategy, costs us billions and is unproven.

EU directives are there for our protection  .... the bulk of the British public , not being the sharpest consumers on earth   tends to get taken advanatge of with labelling and mis-selling of goods .

The EU recognise this

tend *

the Chocolate bars etc

Beardy , the banks, supermarkets .

They're all at it 

4 weeks paid holiday for all workers

The protection of the integrity of the term Champagne.

Oh and the protection of the integrity of british foods on the following list.  A worthy list imo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_food_and_drink_products_with_protected_status

would be a sad day without EU Directives.

we need guidance  -  we need standards  .