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The British press lied so much about the EU they decided to archive them all

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      Thank you! This is pure gold!

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        ...and that Britain would be forced to get rid of pints, acres, inches, feet and pounds in favour of metric measurements.

        Don't threaten me with a good time. Maybe keep the pint for beer and wine purposes.

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          ...and that Britain would be forced to get rid of pints, acres, inches, feet and pounds in favour of metric measurements.

          Don't threaten me with a good time. Maybe keep the pint for beer and wine purposes.

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          Canadian needs to ditch imperial completely as well.

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            ...and that Britain would be forced to get rid of pints, acres, inches, feet and pounds in favour of metric measurements.

            Don't threaten me with a good time. Maybe keep the pint for beer and wine purposes.

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            Wine? As in a pint of wine? That sounds weird

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              Wine? As in a pint of wine? That sounds weird

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              Reserved for times of national celebration or crisis.

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                haha I am not British but the curved banana was a funny one

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                  Some real doozies in there. I had to get selective here and eventually stop there were so many outright lies. They really had it in for the EU.

                  Alcohol sales – EU ‘bans boozing’, Feb 2005

                  Baby rattles – EC to ban noisy toys, Jan 1996

                  Bagpipes – EU safety directives to ban playgrounds, trapeze artists and bagpipes, Aug 2005

                  Playgrounds? Lol!

                  Balloons – EU bans children from blowing up balloons, Oct 2011

                  Chinese toys – Chinese toy imports are to be banned unless humanlike in form, Jul 1994

                  Clothing, zips – EU plans to ban zipper trousers, May 1999

                  Cod – Cod no longer to be called cod thanks to EU, Sep 2001

                  And on and on and on....It's some list!

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                    Reserved for times of national celebration or crisis.

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                    So.... Friday?

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                      So.... Friday?

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                      Days ending in y.

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                        ...and that Britain would be forced to get rid of pints, acres, inches, feet and pounds in favour of metric measurements.

                        Don't threaten me with a good time. Maybe keep the pint for beer and wine purposes.

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                        I do like my wine by the pint...

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                          haha I am not British but the curved banana was a funny one

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                          My dad voted for Brexit because of that, and I'm not even joking

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                            ...and that Britain would be forced to get rid of pints, acres, inches, feet and pounds in favour of metric measurements.

                            Don't threaten me with a good time. Maybe keep the pint for beer and wine purposes.

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                            Instead they did this so at least your beer pints aren't going anywhere 😅

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                              Some real doozies in there. I had to get selective here and eventually stop there were so many outright lies. They really had it in for the EU.

                              Alcohol sales – EU ‘bans boozing’, Feb 2005

                              Baby rattles – EC to ban noisy toys, Jan 1996

                              Bagpipes – EU safety directives to ban playgrounds, trapeze artists and bagpipes, Aug 2005

                              Playgrounds? Lol!

                              Balloons – EU bans children from blowing up balloons, Oct 2011

                              Chinese toys – Chinese toy imports are to be banned unless humanlike in form, Jul 1994

                              Clothing, zips – EU plans to ban zipper trousers, May 1999

                              Cod – Cod no longer to be called cod thanks to EU, Sep 2001

                              And on and on and on....It's some list!

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                              The EU was cracking down on tax evasion by increasing financial reporting.

                              To the rich in the UK, that was like the threat of the holocaust, they could actually have to pay taxes for once.

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                                The sad thing is that politicians in Britain have been using the EU as a distraction and a scapegoat for decades. Brexit was the price of that stupidity.

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                                  My dad voted for Brexit because of that, and I'm not even joking

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                                  A lot of people did.

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                                    Barmaids – EU health directive to prevent barmaids from showing cleavage, Nov 2005

                                    What? They were this openly sexist?

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                                      The EU was cracking down on tax evasion by increasing financial reporting.

                                      To the rich in the UK, that was like the threat of the holocaust, they could actually have to pay taxes for once.

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                                      One might call me apologetic, but I personally feel like paying taxes is not exactly holocausty.

                                      Then again, I don't know any rich people, so maybe I'm just biased.

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                                        Barmaids – EU health directive to prevent barmaids from showing cleavage, Nov 2005

                                        What? They were this openly sexist?

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                                        No, its worse

                                        https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2010/may/05/the-sun-page-three-pants

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                                          One might call me apologetic, but I personally feel like paying taxes is not exactly holocausty.

                                          Then again, I don't know any rich people, so maybe I'm just biased.

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                                          They see taxes as theft against them personally by corrupt politicians to either steal for themselves or use to buy votes of the worthless poor.

                                          That's why they consider lobbying to be sacrosanct, it's their only way to keep control of the politicians like they need to for everyone's welfare.

                                          It's their country, they are exceedingly generous in letting us live in it.

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