EU blows £12m on employing 200 researchers to conclude fruit is good for you

[-:Undertaker:-]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...know-that.html

EU bureaucrats have squandered millions of pounds on a study to prove that fruit is healthy. An enormous 13.8million euros - some £11.7million - has been spent on research which came to the unsurprising confusion that 'two apples a day keep cholesterol at bay'. Much of the money has also been spent on an EU superhero called 'Mr Fruitness' designed to persuade children to eat more fruit.

Tonight critics said such examples only go to show that the European Union should not be insulated from the kind of spending that all members states are making. A spokeswoman for Open Europe, the eurosceptic think tank, said: 'Ridiculous spending like this just goes to show that the EU budget contains plenty of fat that can be trimmed away,' she said. 'In these tough economic times, do we really need an EU-funded superhero to tell us that fruit is healthy?' Some 200 researchers were involved in the multimillion pound project, called IsaFruit - adding up to a cost of 13.8million euros over four years.

Unreal, on one hand we have Cameron cutting school building (which actually contributes something), public services and raising taxes and then on the other we have Cameron giving the European Union our money (our contribution has gone up this year) to blow on donkey studies such as the likes of this. This however is only a fraction of what our new unelected President Herman Van Rompuy costs, who (with his palace and staff) is costing us almost £300m.

Thoughts, should the EU cut back when the UK and others are having to cut needed and vital public services?

[GommeInc]

You should understand by now that these things cost some money Undertaker, and that the EU takes it a step further and chucks more money than necessary It's a great system, giving away millions and seeing it spent like it's the fashion to do so

I gave up on the EU ages ago. They should do the decent thing and scrap it, and just leave the basic advantages which are the freedoms to travel around Europe, work in Europe and trade in Europe. That's all we ever needed, not someone to boss us around. If the Dutch, the British, the Irish, the French and all the other countries have lasted this long, they can last longer - I'm sure of it.

[Caution]

It goes without saying that it's ridiculous for people to pay taxes for it to be spent outside the UK while there's a lack of money being spent in the UK.

[Apolva]

Give me just £1m and I can tell you fruit's good for you.

Does it really matter anyway?