Watermen, lightermen and the EU.

The 600 strong Company of Watermen and Lightermen on the Thames is the latest to fall victim to EU tyranny, bureaucracy, idiocy and intrusiveness.
Naturally, this has all been nodded into place by our quisling government.
These people of notably high standards have 'run' the Thames for many centuries. They are a true maritime elite but that tradition is to end.
[I suppose the word 'elite' gives us some clues. It would never do to have people displaying exceptional abilities in our sad, grey, egalitarian, modern world.]
An EU directive has drastically cut the time required to train for this work by more than half as well as throwing the trade open to people with non-relevant qualifications.
Just how much stupidity of this type will the British people take? When will they begin refusing to cast a vote for any party which does not support withdrawal from this wicked, imperialistic organisation?