Britain takes a more sensible approach to post-Brexit regulation
After seven aimless years, Rishi Sunak identifies some more productive targets
“Here is Regulated EU Man, waking from his regulated slumber to start his regulated day,” recites Martin Durkin, the star and director of “Brexit: The Movie”. This zippy piece of low-budget agitprop was watched 1.5m times on YouTube, and widely circulated on DVD, ahead of the EU referendum of 2016. His cry for freedom shows Mr Durkin starting his day hemmed in by laws like “invisible barbed wire”. There are 109 relating to his pillows, he claims; 31 about his toothbrush and 12,000 affecting the milk on his cereal.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Rules Britannia”
Britain May 6th 2023
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