Banning the Sporran

Oh well done to the EU Parliament. Well done indeed. So they ban the killing of those cuddly little baby seals and:

EUROPEAN politicians yesterday spelled the end of the traditional Scottish sporran by voting to ban the sale of seal products across the continent.

The move will mean the manufacture and sale of sealskin sporrans will be illegal from next autumn. This will affect existing unsold stock and also the second-hand trade.

This is the problem with law making at such a high level. When 700 odd people (cue joke, 700 very odd people) try to make the law for 500 million they are never going to be able to think through the details.  Things will just be done on waves of emotion rather than logic.

Still look at the bright side. There’ll be a roaring trade in illegal sporrans, both old and new. We like such employment opportunities, don’t we?