tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post8264541082688444082..comments2024-03-13T15:35:30.839+00:00Comments on Tabloid Watch: 'None of the newspapers checked the facts with us before publication'MacGuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16894506410560858668noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-47197474622341530432012-09-18T19:07:29.775+01:002012-09-18T19:07:29.775+01:00So effectively the EU is saying that those highly ...So effectively the EU is saying that those highly modified souped up Yankmobiles that are loosely based on 1950s sedans, seen parading up and down Brighton seafront are NOT CLASSIC CARS ???<br /><br />Good for the EU.<br /><br />100% RIGHT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-55389998445158541852012-09-18T14:29:35.991+01:002012-09-18T14:29:35.991+01:00True to the old Daily Mail adage..."Don't...True to the old Daily Mail adage..."Don't let facts get in the way of a good story."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-31642441873963033822012-09-14T09:17:20.474+01:002012-09-14T09:17:20.474+01:00Agreed, an example of sloppy reporting, but not be...Agreed, an example of sloppy reporting, but not because it is completely untrue, as the EU response would have it.<br />If you look at the documents involved they do not "make most classic cars more than 30 years old exempt from testing if they are not used day-to-day on the roads".<br />They create, for the first time a legal definition of a historic vehicle which goes much deeper than it just being 30 years old, (One aspect being that it hasn't changed it's apperance, another being that it is maintained with original parts0 and also bring in testing to enssure that 'components neet the original type approval' which means, by extrapolation that, should your 30 year old, modified car not match the criteria for Historic it cannot be exempt, therefore it must take the tests, which it could not pass because it does not match the original Type Approved vehicle, it is, by definition 'Banned'.<br /><br />It's all about wordingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-90500453263998648672012-09-13T09:54:35.749+01:002012-09-13T09:54:35.749+01:00There's something mildly hilarious about how t...There's something mildly hilarious about how the Mail makes very tactical usage of inverted commas in it's text. Look at the 'ridiculous' up there, they've managed to insert a highly charged opinion into a report where there really shouldn't be one, and will probably get away with it. A Masterclass in manipulative writing!Ndrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03949187483535674272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-4361038423790500992012-09-11T13:11:45.399+01:002012-09-11T13:11:45.399+01:00So, in fact the change is to make the test in the ...So, in fact the change is to make the test in the rest of the EU match the quality of the test we already have in Britain.<br />Are the Daily Mail missing a chance to bang the drum for Britain at the expense of Johnny Foreigner? Maybe the 'need' to bash the EU takes precedence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-75005210967612555622012-09-10T20:51:13.250+01:002012-09-10T20:51:13.250+01:00Sadly lots more people read the Mail and Express t...Sadly lots more people read the Mail and Express than your blog :-( Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com