Totally off-topic, I know, but as an example of the shit we're forced to swallow every day by papers and pressure groups, remember how we all *know* that the EU legislated against straight bananas?

Well it was always bollocks. The EU set down how "Extra Class" bananas (for which traders were charging the public more money) had to be perfect examples of the species without abnormal shape or curvature. Class 1 could be a bit ragged, Class 2 a bit more shabby, Class 3...etc.

There never was a law against the poor old bananas. But eurosceptics have used it for years to bash the EU. All anyone had to do was read...Reg 2257/94

I always say to anyone; if something you read or hear really gets you wound up and pissed off, just do some research - it often turns out be untrue or not so bad.