That’s very true. Unfortunately most legislation originates in Brussels, and the British public and the emasculated British parliament itself are powerless to affect it; it becomes law by being nodded through by unelected officials.

It’s not reported at all that the cause of the uproar over fewer rubbish collections, criminal records for not closing one’s bin, and bin police to sift through your rubbish, is an EU-imposed tax intended to reduce the amount going into landfills.

This law was decided in Brussels and imposed on the British, and there is absolutely nothing anyone in Britain can do about it.