we didn't like the fact a lot of british laws or rules that govern our life are begun in brussels or strasbourg. there are so many areas covered here whether we look at that food, fisheries, environment. the question is, can we get rid of those and who decides whether we keep that piece of legislation? the practical answer is, no, we can't clear it all away with one big room. that would generate such legal uncertainty for employers, businesses and employees that the government has taken the view that legal uncertainty isn't a price worth paying for complete tabular starting from scratch. the government has been pragmatic and said we will incorporate all the eu law, that'll give us time to work through in a calm, considered way to look at those pieces of legislation is that suits us and those that don't. the reality is, because of the huge amount of ladies who have been talking about we can'tjust dream up ourown been talking about we can'tjust dream up our own legislation. the process is a pragmatic one. they will keep on board eu legislation for the time being and it will be for the time being

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.== . 7—— and fingernails was submitted to a french toxicology lab in strasbourg, in france. and they didn't find the actual tnxmsbuththerdwtdfiflfidflfig acceptable limit which obviously didn't show the cause that there was some kind of external interference. that sample wasn't very objective from last time because it was taken, i think, three orfour days after i was brought into hospital and they'd already begun haemodialysis, the cleaning of the blood. from the first day, so they are more objective than the first time and this time they sent them to three toxicology labs in three different countries, france, israel, and the united states. we still have no results. and of course i'm hoping that they will find something. i mean it would be nice to see with what they are trying to kill me every two years. but this was some kind of very sophisticated toxin. you know, one that shuts down all your organs within several hours and of course the way sophisticated, because i didn't notice, i didn't know. that is one of the many strange things about this, is that you have no awa

danjohnson, bbc news, strasbourg. danjohnson, bbc news, strasbourg. the people of the netherlands go to the polls tomorrow in a potentially divisive general election. the campaign has focused on immigration, islam and the eu. conservative prime minister mark rutte's main rival is the populist geert wilders, but even if he gets the most seats, most other parties say they won'tjoin him in a coalition. 0ur correspondent anna holligan is in the hague. how has the campaign played out? less tha n how has the campaign played out? less than 2a hours to go before what is being seen as a decisive moment in european politics. last night we saw a huge debate between the two