It seems like it’s not only the media that have a hand in giving the EU an undeserved bad name. This time, residents in Hull, taking adult educational night classes, were informed that concessions could no longer be given to over 60-year-olds because of EU anti-discrimination legislation.

The letter, sent by Hull City Council to adults enrolled on night classes, should have in fact referred to the UK’s Age Discrimination Act 2006. After consulting with their solicitors, Hull City Council was advised that offering concessions to over 60-year-olds could violate British anti-discrimination laws.

Hull City Council’s Adult Community Learning Centre has now recognised its mistake and is sending a circular to all its students to inform them why exactly concessions can no longer be given based on age – which is not because of any “EU laws”!

But it is mistakes like this (comparable to the recent MV Coronia and Yorkshire Belle affair, where pleasure boats on Yorkshire’s coast were banned due to the British authorities who blamed it on the EU) which contribute to the EU gaining an undeservedly bad name for “interfering.”