How The EU Works

Brown has introduced 3000 new laws and rising . As Nick Clegg complained at times new laws are enacted so quickly the old ones haven`t even taken effect. He is unlikely to mention one of the real reasons though ;the EU. The following exmaple tells us a lot about the mysteriously fidgety shambles of our legislation

ID cards.

As you know, these are unpopular in the UK, and we haven't had them since WWII. The EU has decided that all EU citizens MUST have ID cards. therefore Britain will be forced to introduce them. The Labour government, realising the difficulty of forcing a FOREIGN ID card system on its own people against the wishes of the British people, decided that the best solution was to pre-empt the EU directive and come up with its own ID Card scheme crafted in its own image.
Many EU laws now forced onto us under Maastricht are effectively "covered-up" by the government pre-emptively introducing its own legislation on the same issues - which is a key reason why Labour have introduced so many new laws.


Cost of ID cards - Government say £5 billion, Others say £20 billion
Total Social Payment budget - About £90 billion
National debt - About £30 billion plus another £30 billion off balance sheet