Labour is taking Britain back into the EU via the back door, says Jacob Rees-Mogg

Labour would not dare to take us explicitly back into the EU, but it's doing so via the back door.

A bill has been noiselessly making its way through the House of Lords that will give Labour carte blanche to make the United Kingdom into a miniature European Union.

Part of why we voted to leave the European Union was to free ourselves from its stifling regulatory standards.

The EU's economy used to be larger than the United States, but in recent years it has shrunk comparatively. You may ask why. Well, it's because of overregulation and high energy prices.

This bill will give Labour ministers the power by order to align UK regulations with the EU, via a process known as secondary legislation. This has limited parliamentary scrutiny compared to an Act of Parliament.

Clause 12 of the Metrology Bill explicitly allows that the Secretary of State may also by regulations, make provisions in relation to the marketing or use of products in the United Kingdom which corresponds or is similar to a provision of relevant EU law for the purpose of reducing or mitigating the environmental impact of products.

So Dyson Hoovers will be out the window.

It's only EU law that may be aligned with. It's not a policy of mutual recognition of other mature regulators on the basis that a product that is safe in Australia or Japan, for example, would also be safe here.

It is a specific effort to copy and be in cahoots with the failing European Union.

Now, this sounds like a little bit of legislation with an obscure name that's introduced in the House of Lords, because it's not that important subject purely for the nerds.

But remember the route for EU law to overtake UK law during our membership was merely Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

A few words in legislation is all it takes to subject a nation.