There is still much scaremongering in the UK press about loss of independence as a result of membership of the EU - in fact the BNP managed to secure two anti EU delegates to the EU parliament last month on that ticket.

This blatant UK anti EU scaremongering was reported on a Nordic blog as an example to beware of

"These last few days there has also been an EU "horror story" with a British twist in the Icelandic press.

The Icelandic TV channel, Stöð 2, had a story yesterday, repeated on the webpage of www.visir.is based on an article in the British tabloid Daily Express, according to which the EU would use secret powers to confiscate British oil and gas fields.

After closer scrutiny, it turns out that the article was based on a press release from the UK Independence Party, a racist and xenophobic party on the extreme right.
The content of the article is of course sheer nonsense. There is no plan whatsoever for the EU to take over national resources, nor is there any legal means to do so."