The EU has been beavering away for some years now trying to agree a ‘Directive’ which would limit the number of hours we all work.

I am proud to say that I played a walk-on part in helping block this impertinent and damaging collectivist initiative; the British Embassy in Warsaw worked closely with successive Polish governments to hold firm in favour of ‘flexibility’.

Here is where matters look to stand now. Hope of a compromise is fading.

Good!

Here is The Crawford Working Time Directive, in full:

1   How long I work is none of your damn business.

2   If I cause an accident because of work-induced long hours fatigue, I’ll accept responsibility and take out insurance accordingly. My employer (if any) should do so too: no prospect of gain without sharing the risk of inflicting unnecessary pain.

3   Now go away.

A compromise along those lines should readily be acceptable to most normal Europeans?