Crazy EU directive on cake displays help to No side

[brio910]

Just as we got our curved bananas straightened along come the EU with another crazy directive to 'cheese' people off.

You couldn't make it up. The urge of EU bureaucrats to micro-manage people's lives is obscene.

In today's Irish Times:

TRADITIONAL bakery exhibitions are at risk of being consigned to history thanks to a new European directive.

New EU regulations have banned the consumption of cakes and confectionary entered at country fairs and agricultural shows

immediately after baking competitions.

The chairman of Mayo County Council, Cllr Joe Mellett, said the new rules were the “death knell” for the Irish agricultural show.

“When you see things like this it’s no wonder the people voted No to the Lisbon Treaty. This will be the end of the

traditional baking competition at local shows across the country, therefore impacting on local revenue. It’s just ridiculous.”

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ire ... 30522.html

[Podolski]

In fairness I don't think the availability of wasp encrusted cakes at country fairs and farmer's markets had much effect on the Lisbon Treaty vote.

[geraghd]

So this is another of the made up EU directive stories then? The article was suspicously light on concrete details of this supposed new directive, as if it suddenly popped out of nowhere, becoming law with no one really knowing about it, and not even a reference to said Directive.

[brio910]

That's The Irish Times for you. Perhaps the Eurofanatics in D'Olier Street don't really care about facts anymore.

During Lisbon, the IT lost a huge amount of credibility. I don't even buy it anymore, just look at it online.

[seabhcan]

Eurofanatics in D'Olier Street

They moved to Tara St a while ago.

[Helium Three]

TRADITIONAL bakery exhibitions are at risk of being consigned to history thanks to a new European directive.

New EU regulations have banned the consumption of cakes and confectionary entered at country fairs and agricultural shows
immediately after baking competitions.

The chairman of Mayo County Council, Cllr Joe Mellett, said the new rules were the “death knell” for the Irish agricultural show.

“When you see things like this it’s no wonder the people voted No to the Lisbon Treaty. This will be the end of the
traditional baking competition at local shows across the country, therefore impacting on local revenue. It’s just ridiculous.”

Is this the same Cllr Joe Mellett who wants people to vote Yes to the second Lisbon referendum?

He is trying to have his cake and eat it.

I disagree with Podolski on the significance of this on how people vote. This is exactly the kind of thing that people who would have previously been Yes voters are saying is just too much. The word used by Cardinal Brady was that there was growing sense of 'unease' about how the EU was governing everything, and it was interesting to hear Henry Mountcharles agree with the Cardinal's description of that sentiment on Hookie's programme the other day. The EU does not know when to stop. That could be its undoing unless it cops on.

On the same programme a woman who was introduced as the Head of the French Institute for Foreign Policy (or some such) said that Ireland just needed to make its position clear, and if that was just to day that the EU should continue under the Nice rules, people would accept that. They just wanted an end to the lingering uncertainty. Draw a line and move on.

Another sensible Frenchwoman warned them long ago what would happen if they did not let us eat our cake.

[FrankSpeaks]

If it is true, then the rule is totally idiotic? Who would police it? Virtually impossible, I would think. I am suspicious about the article as well, absolutely no details on the directive in the article

[mccafferty cat]

"Are ya sure Father?? ...................There's CO-CAINE in it!"

I must update my copy of Rudden & Wyatt to include this "Banning Old Women from Eating Cake Directive, 26/08"

[kerrynorth]

"Are ya sure Father?? ...................There's CO-CAINE in it!"

I must update my copy of Rudden & Wyatt to include this "Banning Auld Ones from Eating Cake Directive, 26/08"

I corrected the Eurobabble terminology for you to relflect it's transposing into Irish Law for you.

[Bobert]

It was the Bun wot won it.