The “wonky fruit and vegetables” affair whereby the EU insisted on the standardisation of some foods’ parameters, was another example that characterised, for Brexiteers, the EU’s red tape, ineffectiveness and eccentricity. It was applied to the sizes and colouring of 26 types of produce and led to bans for examples such as mishappen carrots, straight bananas and curvy cucumbers. Though it was scrapped in 2008, an attempt to reinstate the ban failed in 2010.