In the run up to Easter Brexiter fury was aimed at the requirement for Marmalade to be renamed if we (re)align UK food labelling regulations with the EU; this would be for the addition of the word 'citrus' in a blow to UK sovereignty.
What, the hysteria ignored was that most brands already do this: 'Orange Marmalade' or 'Seville Orange Marmalade' & that is fine, as the EU allowed (and continues to allow) the word 'citrus' to be replaced by the actual fruit!
Brtish governments were never shy of complaining bitterly about EU regulations that they themselves had voted in favour of in the Council of Ministers, were they?
and one of the most shameful parts of the UK political engagement with the EU.... many used the EU to blame for policies they supported but wanted to tell voters they opposed - political cowardice & hypocrisy are key characteristics of the UK's political class.
@ChrisMayLA6 @only_ohm @TimWardCam Politicians around the world behave like this - endless pursuit of sound bites for tonight's headlines - because they think it is the only way to deal with the "media cycle". So they flip and flop and flap, and stand for nothing.
Yet the evidence is abundantly clear that it doesn't work - and those politicians have short shelf-lives.
Conversely, those that establish a clear set of values and, dare I say it policies, last much longer... /1
@ChrisMayLA6 @only_ohm @TimWardCam This is especially true of eg Australia's community independent movement (including my brilliant MP in Sydney).
For me, the point is that clarity of long-term objectives is the best platform for short-term success.
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