Until now, British leaders have taken the view that a few irksome rules are the price one pays for the right to help shape the rules for everyone else.
Landscape painters struggled with treacherous greens that turn brown and with the irksome fact that brown itself is not a natural hue (try finding it in a rainbow).
Irksome, repetitive purchases, like dishwasher detergent or panty hose, would be reordered from a menu that remembers what brands the viewer bought before.