I remember in about 2010, long before the age of viral clips and online ‘dismantlings’ saw such exchanges reach far beyond the radio, a Ukip MEP rang in to put me straight where callers were once again struggling. There were, he insisted, ‘loads’ of laws that left us unjustifiably enslaved to the EU. Indeed, there were ‘too many to list’. Pushed to name just one, specifically and repeatedly, he left the field after spluttering, prevaricating, patronising and, finally, explaining that EU food refrigeration regulations could compromise the freedom of the Women’s Institute to hold cake sales.
