And over here we have the bloody opposite: the "must do" brigade, exemplified by every crackpot European diktat made up by some un-elected bureaucrat in Brussels. So what happens? Here, we appoint hoardes of inspectors to make sure they are obeyed, e.g. can't sell unwrapped foodstuffs from an uncovered shelf, smoke in bars etc, etc. Meanwhile, away from any major town in Europe, nobody gives a stuff and gets on as normal. It ain't difficult to find a cafe in rural France with unwrapped food on a counter or even the locals enjoying a Galoise with a glass of rouge...

I dunno which is worse, but they're both bad.

End of Pete's mini-rant!!