Didn't the UK join the European Common Market only in 1973? We managed not being part of it before then presumably, and if we left now we would manage again without all of the red tape of Brussels regulation and red tape.
To make sure I wipe myself thoroughly clean, I stand up, lift my leg so my foot is resting on the top of the bath ledge. it means I can really get inside my butt crevice and so that area is lovely and clean. :D