Quote DHM="DHM"Is it? Fracking will go ahead or not with or without the EU. Cameron already, with the help of a few other EU countries, put paid to any legislation to blanket ban it back in 2014. Local poilitical pressure is the only effective limitation. That won't change if we are out of or in the EU.'"
I meant fracking as a prime example in the USA where you[i can[/i "simply say "f*** the environment" anymore and be in politics."
You were suggesting you can't just do that, so it didn't matter if we were in or the out of the OU because it would be unacceptable to "f*** the environment". Now you are arguing that Cameron has in fact "f*** the environment" with his legislation on fracking. He' still in politics!
So that is your original point shot down in flames by yourself!
That is, if he can do that with fracking (with or without the EU's help) he can do it over other environmental legislation that [iis[/i imposed by the EU (if we leave).
Your example just proves what you said originally that essentially it would be politically unacceptable to "f*** the environment" so we are safe, is nonsense.
We need legislation to protect it and Cameron and Co will rip up any EU legislation that does so at the first chance they get. They won't be spending time re-implementing it into UK law for our benefit that is for sure.