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EU red tape doesn’t cost us £600m per week
Leave Camp figure ignores benefits, and rules we’d keep.
EU doesn’t stop kids blowing up balloons
European Commission popped this myth back in 2011, yet eurosceptics such as Boris continue to inflate it.
Brussels doesn’t forbid re-use of egg boxes
Code recommending cardboard egg trays are only used once is voluntary. What’s more, it comes from Britain, not Brussels.
EU isn’t banning custard creams
Biscuit “ban” is a storm in a teacup which wouldn’t significantly affect the UK.
Brussels didn’t try to ban prawn cocktail crisps
Boris Johnson’s claims that the EU was after your crisps are fishy.
EU doesn’t plan to put super-tax on e-cigarettes
Farage fumes at EU’s alleged plans to tax plans vaping. What has UKIP leader been smoking?