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"They may take our light bulbs but they will never take our Vacum Cleaners!"
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostThe EU beuracrat probably brought a tulip hoover on expenses and it broke so it became a bugbear of theirs.
one things for sure
if some rich someone wants to buy a big hoover from somewhere,
they wont be buying it from europe.
eco loonies...(\__/)
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Originally posted by woohoo View PostThe dog in the picture looks like it's eyes are about to explode.
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So it takes you twice as long and you end up using twice the electricity. Good move. Vote UKIP.
We need a "Vote UKIP" smilie btw....my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...
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Originally posted by Lockhouse View PostSo it takes you twice as long and you end up using twice the electricity. Good move. Vote UKIP.
We need a "Vote UKIP" smilie btw.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostDid UKIP turn up to vote against this?"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostDid UKIP turn up to vote against this?
Actually the proposals came out 3 years ago and this is what the UK had to say about them: http://www.eceee.org/ecodesign/produ...20Cleaners.pdf
“The UK welcomes the Commission’s proposals for vacuum cleaners and the associated energy savings. The UK shares the Commission’s concern about the trend towards higher input power and therefore higher energy consumption, particularly as evidence suggests this does not correlate with improved product performance. The UK also welcomes the proposal for an energy label, as this will enable consumers to identify the energy consumption of a vacuum cleaner at the point of sale. We do, however, believe that minimum standards could be more ambitious than currently proposed”
The only reason you’re hearing about it NOW is because the retailers want you to go out and panic-buy all their remaining energy-INefficient stock that they will otherwise have to scrap! Don’t be suckered in by UKIP and eurosceptic bulltulip!
(1 - energy efficiency with smaller engines is something Dyson has already done. Its cleaners aren’t affected because they’re already more energy efficient and don’t need such big motors.“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostHa ha!
Actually the proposals came out 3 years ago and this is what the UK had to say about them: http://www.eceee.org/ecodesign/produ...20Cleaners.pdf
Which, to me, means that the UK would have actually gone further! The UK were, like every other Member State, on the panels for this legislation so how come the media are only reporting on it now and not when the legislation was going through? Where were the UK industry representatives, Hoover and Dyson (1), during this process? Why wasn’t this contested at the time when, at various stages, UK MEPs and the UK representatives in the Council of EU and on the regulatory committee all VOTED on the plan as it went through, in the EP’s case twice? Were the companies asleep? No they weren’t. They participated by lobbying heavily all the way through the two directives that are causing this change. More here: https://blogs.ec.europa.eu/rebuttal/...-cleaners-ever
The only reason you’re hearing about it NOW is because the retailers want you to go out and panic-buy all their remaining energy-INefficient stock that they will otherwise have to scrap! Don’t be suckered in by UKIP and eurosceptic bulltulip!
(1 - energy efficiency with smaller engines is something Dyson has already done. Its cleaners aren’t affected because they’re already more energy efficient and don’t need such big motors.
Now we rely on the wisdom of the EU Commission and Parliament for our laws.
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Originally posted by Flashman View PostIf this was a British law the British people could decide if we wanted it or not.
Now we rely on the wisdom of the EU Commission and Parliament for our laws.
We are so fooked“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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We have 9% of the say in laws made by the EU.
We have 100% of the say in the laws made by an independent UK.Comment
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