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[–] drekly@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd prefer the complete opposite of only Brussels telling us how to live and the Tories fucking off forever.

[–] echodot 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think Brussels ever trying to make me do anything, or change my life in any noticeable way.

The Tories on the other hand not so much.

[–] drekly@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Hold on now, the EU had given us our rules on annoying things like keeping our water clean, allowing citizens to move around, and human rights.

How are we meant to exploit people and the environment being told to live like that?

In fact, the UK has been strong armed into over 52,000 laws!

https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/press-releases/2017/march/eu-laws-introduced-in-the-uk-highlights-scale-of-challenge-facing-lawmakers-following-brexit.html

Look, they're irritating things like reducing pollution, stopping our packaging from containing hazardous chemicals, keeping working hours fair, protecting temporary workers rights, banker regulation... how are the Tory government supposed to fuck everyone over with all these in place?