In reply to Wibble Wibble:
> The tories/eurosceptics have waved this one as an illustration [of the myth?] of crazy EU legislation
Have they? I've heard them wave it as an illustration of the continued insistence of British bureaucrats to follow the strict letter of everything coming out of the EU, and interpret everything as restrictively as possible. In contrast with the rest of Europe who follow the spirit of the rules (or just ignore them).
The EU do a load of stupid things, but this one's down to us. And I'm afraid I don't read anything good in Ms Kennedy's statement, it sounds like a prelude to a trivial "it's the best we can do" concession. But I hope I'm just being unduly cynical as usual.