Take a look at the following articles posted in the Daily Mail and Telegraph –
Old-fashioned light bulbs banned by EU directive can still be sold after traders find loophole allowing them to be renamed – Daily Mail
Retailers avoid ban on traditional light bulbs – Telegraph
Lamps2udirect.com are featured in both!
Basically, if prefer the old incandescent light bulbs you can still get them from us!
Our range can be seen here – http://www.lamps2udirect.com/pages/browse-Lamps2udirect.php/standard_-_incandescent_light_bulbs/1