Quote Originally Posted by Subotan View Post
Hm. Let's take a closer look at what the article is saying:


Assuming that these figures are accurate (Which isn't likely, given the weasely ways of this thinktank ), this means that £174.67 billion has been spent on regulations. This in turn means that about 50 billion is domestic regulation.


Wow Daily Torygraph, that takes sloppy journalism on the EU to a new low. That's either gross and deliberate misinterpretation of the figures, or your journalists don't have Year Nine maths skills. 124 billion is 2.5 times more than 50 billion, yes, but that has nothing to do with efficiency or cost effectiveness.
that isn't the torygraphs claim, it is a claim made by the openeurope research paper, try reading it:
http://www.openeurope.org.uk/researc...tofcontrol.pdf