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originally posted by: BMorris
Stop being blind-sheep. A quick skim of primary sources easily found via google..
* ts a EUROPE WIDE directive. ALL EU member states will have to comply. They are not singling out the UK.
* The device will be mandatory, its use will be optional. If you don't want to take advatage of it, just remove the SIM card.
* It was actually PROPOSED in 2009 by Gordon Browns LABOUR PARTY. Thats right, the UK actually proposed the idea to the EU.
Here's the official EuroDirective, rather than the daily fail spin on it.
originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
The E.U is a joke. An unelected panel of people (Commissioners), making laws that effect everyone in E.U countries. The M.E.P's, who we elect, do not actually have any power or influence on laws that are introduced. They merely work within committees to come up with a way of introducing the laws.