Over dinner after our launch event I had the chance to talk to author Louise Perry, one of our two speakers, on one of her favourite topics: personal relationships (you can watch her presentation, below).
She has what some might call contrarian views; she has for example written on the joys of housework, though as she told me, her book The Case Against the Sexual Revolution wouldn’t have sold so well if other people weren’t thinking the same way.
The conversation got me thinking: how long will it be before Brussels regulates all our personal relationships?
To an extent this is already happening; the European Commission is more than happy to put its big boot on anyone who does not conform to the narrative on LBGTQ issues, for example.
I fear, with this precedent now set, that the floodgates are open. I would not be surprised to see a draft Regulation on the age of sexual consent, or some kind of batty proposal designed to increase fertility among EU citizens. Who knows, maybe Brussels will soon be issuing recommendations on how often we should have sex!
Unelected bureaucrats today have their fingers in almost every pie. Isn’t it time we said “enough”?
Justin Stares, Head of News
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Ralph Schoellhammer
