PYTHAGORAS'S Theorem has 24 words. The Lord's Prayer 66 words. The Archimedes Principle 67 words. The Ten Commandments 179 words. The Gettysburg Address 286 words. The European Union rules on the sale of cabbages 26,253 words!
It cost an awful lot of money just to pay someone to come up with these rules, not to mention the cost. That's taxpayers' money, yours and mine.
A referendum on the European constitution? What we need is a referendum on whether to pull out of the European Union all together.
MRS M E BYSH, Knowsley Road, Darwen.
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