Today, Englishmen celebrate the thwarting in 1605 of Arch-Remainer Guy Fawkes, who attempted to frustrate English independence from Europe by blowing up Parliament. We do this, as we have for the last 5 centuries, by letting off fireworks on the evening of November 5th each year. A simple pleasure now constrained, ironically, by EU Directive 2103/29/EU.
This quiz question is multiple choice. How many words are there in this Directive?
- 21
- 210
- 2,100
- 21,000?
As usual, no prizes other than PIA.
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