There was a story doing the rounds in the more excitable sections of the press t’other day, about how the EU was producing a map that didn’t have the word ‘England’ on it. Needless to say the Daily Mail et al got up in arms about it and I have to admit once I saw the words ‘EU’ in relation to the Daily Mail I didn’t even bother reading it.

Which is a shame, as I missed a doozy of a pickle from Shadow Communities and Local Government spokesman, Eric Pickles.

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