Sunday - May 08, 2011

flying the flag of the eu …….. or maybe not

H/T Robert Forsyth, Daily Mail

A SIGN OF FLAGGING SUPPORT FOR THE EU ?

How absurd can the EU bureaucracy be? They have decided to hold Europe Week starting tomorrow. Monday.

The powers that be in Brussels want all British govt. departments to fly the EU flag on Europe Day tomorrow.

However, conservative ministers who can’t do much about the powers of the EU because of the coalition, are revelling in a small act of rebellion by refusing to do so.

There will be no blue flag fluttering over Downing Street, the Home Office and a slew of other govt. departments. Not even the Foreign Office, a dept. that usually won’t say boo to Brussels.

There is one dept. that will be hoisting the flag and that is the Department for Communities and Local Govt.  They administer an EU program so they must fly the EU flag or risk a fine. And here’s where things really get Stuck on Stupid.

They MUST take a photo of the flag flying outside their building then send it to the Brussels bureaucrat who monitors compliance with the event.

I couldn’t dream this up.

Posted by peiper     on 05/08/2011 at 11:16 AM   
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