'Your Freedom' what laws would you repeal?...

[jshell]

s2art said:

Dick_Phallus said:

jshell said:

Wanta996Gotta said:

When Clegg was pressed this morning on would they actually change the laws going from what the Public may ask for like abolishing the Succession Law which bans Wills and Harry from marrying a Catholic. He hesitated and coughed and muttered something about a Grey Squirrel law?

Nothing wrong with that law imho. To have the possibility of a UK Monarch who is subservient to a ex-Nazi, child abusing apologist human being in another sovereign nation is just plainly wrong. Let them renounce Catholicism if they want to marry into the Royal family.

Ohhhh dear....

Why? Although phrased rather provocatively, the reasoning and sentiment is spot on. We do not want the monarch in anyway at risk of undue influence. It was bad enough having Tony Blair pandering to his wife's religious delusions.

..and there I was sitting wearing a Nomex jockstrap and a firemans helmet...

[heebeegeetee]

ringram said:

musclecarmad said:

i'd like the drink drive limit increased slightly so people don't have to worry about driving the next day and having 2 to 3 pints with a meal

Bad idea, drunk the night before and drunk the next day are the same thing!

My vote is to scrap ALL employment laws. Your job is at the discretion of your employer AND your employment contract. Not crap laws that mean trying to sack anyone for theft takes months and faces the risk of being taken to court for discrimination etc. Yes been there, been burnt.

Whoa , let's go straight back to the middle ages, shall we?

How many jobs would your sister or daughter have to walk out of for refusing to have sex with her ageing employer before you realise that's a st idea?

[FourWheelDrift]

s2art said:

Dick_Phallus said:

jshell said:

Wanta996Gotta said:

When Clegg was pressed this morning on would they actually change the laws going from what the Public may ask for like abolishing the Succession Law which bans Wills and Harry from marrying a Catholic. He hesitated and coughed and muttered something about a Grey Squirrel law?

Nothing wrong with that law imho. To have the possibility of a UK Monarch who is subservient to a ex-Nazi, child abusing apologist human being in another sovereign nation is just plainly wrong. Let them renounce Catholicism if they want to marry into the Royal family.

Ohhhh dear....

Why? Although phrased rather provocatively, the reasoning and sentiment is spot on. We do not want the monarch in anyway at risk of undue influence. It was bad enough having Tony Blair pandering to his wife's religious delusions.

Anyway that wasn't a law introduced by the Labour party in the last 13 years, and the whole point of this is to ask the public which of Labour's 4,300 laws of the last 13 years they wanted removed.

[Plotloss]

Oh yeah, I'd outlaw unions too.

[Mikeyboy]

Hedders said:

Mikeyboy said:

the 1.5 mile barrier to protest/assembly around parliament. They shouldn't be protected from what we have to say and frankly the Police could abuse the hell out of that law should they want which is just wrong.

I had not heard about that one! That is quite a large area of london they have banned protest/assembly in

The perils of doing things by memory. In fact it is a slightly better 1km.
Found on some nutters web site but at least it sums it up:
"The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (SOCPA) bans the right of protest (unless it is cleared by a commissioner 6 days in advance) within a 1km radius of the UK's seat of government. The area covers the Houses of Parliament, Downing Street, most government ministries, St Thomas's Hospital, part of the South Bank and Lambeth Palace."

[andy400]

Plotloss said:

Oh yeah, I'd outlaw unions too.

No, no, no! Onions are great. Many a tasty dish would suffer at your draconian hands.

[Hedders]

Mikeyboy said:

Hedders said:

Mikeyboy said:

the 1.5 mile barrier to protest/assembly around parliament. They shouldn't be protected from what we have to say and frankly the Police could abuse the hell out of that law should they want which is just wrong.

I had not heard about that one! That is quite a large area of london they have banned protest/assembly in

The perils of doing things by memory. In fact it is a slightly better 1km.
Found on some nutters web site but at least it sums it up:
"The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (SOCPA) bans the right of protest (unless it is cleared by a commissioner 6 days in advance) within a 1km radius of the UK's seat of government. The area covers the Houses of Parliament, Downing Street, most government ministries, St Thomas's Hospital, part of the South Bank and Lambeth Palace."

Still...not cool

[GingerWizard]

Shooting foxes.
Shooting badgers.
Easing up on the speed limits in areas over 40mph.
Speed camaras, they have there place but i think we need to lose about half...
Drinking on public transport.
Immigration policy.... to start with dover port should become a principality....
Bring back the death sentance.

Edited by GingerWizard on Thursday 1st July 17:04

[Rude-boy]

I would repeal any law, the substantive provisions of which, require a Statutory Instrument for their basic interpretation.

[Lemoncurd]

The farce that is the Digital Economy Act 2010.
- It's a radical thought but we might replace it with something that has actually faced commons scrutiny!

[MrsMiggins]

s59. Way too open for abuse.

[Astacus]

I would remove any law that allows a local authority or other body (Police etc) to use fines as a source of revenue.

This would remove at a stroke, fines for bins being filled wit the wrong thing, speed camaeras, councils making millions out of scammeras placed by unintelligable traffic signs and so on

[ATG]

ErnestM said:

OnTheOverrun said:

ErnestM said:

Tell Clegg to give you your guns back. You'll quickly see if he is serious or just playing the "freedom and liberty" card.

Wouldn't make any difference - when handguns were legal, virtually no-one ever owned one. Now they are banned the statistic is virtually identical. It's just not the same issue here as it is in the US and I say that as a gun owner and as an ex-pat who lived in California for several years.

Doesn't matter if anyone buys one. It's a test. Does Clegg have the courage of his convictions or is all of this "bring back your freedoms" just window dressing?

Utter, complete and total bks. Gun ownership as a litmus test of personal freedom is tosh. You might as well pick the "freedom to keep pet tigers in your kitchen".

I wouls settle for some of the health and safety bullst to be rolled back ... for instance, I'd like to be allowed to rewire some bits of my house.

[Hedders]

ATG said:

I wouls settle for some of the health and safety bullst to be rolled back ... for instance, I'd like to be allowed to rewire some bits of my house.

I thought you already did that wiring, before the law came in?

[VPower]

Perhaps ask a few Judges which ones we should scrap??

But like most of you, it's the ones we want back!!!

Stocks!
Lash!
Noose!!




But in reality, we do need to redefine the Human Rights bks to make it apply sensibly.

Also if one BREAKS the law, then you loose the PROTECTION of the Law during the prosecution of said law breaking!


A few that would make life less stressfull for us car drivers?

HGV drivers be allowed more speed/power so they can overtake swifty on the motorways!!
A 30 sec turbo boost button!!!
Minimum 65 MPH spped limit on m-ways to keep old grannies out of the way of our nice HGV drivers.
No I'm not an HGV driver!

Police ACTUALLY stop mid lane hoggers when they can clearly see what chaos it causes!

Increased speed limits on M-ways for advanced drivers who have had appropriate training!

Traffic lights that go flashing amber (give way) at a certain time of night.

Insurance details MUST be shown in windscreen! Like they do in Ireland!


Oh thers loads of others, your turn!!

[GKP]

MrsMiggins said:

s59. Way too open for abuse.

This.

[Plotloss]

http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/cutting-business-and...

[Mojooo]

there are a few wind ups on there - as well as morons. for example peopel talking about copyright and blaming the digital economy act when it has nothing to do with the discussion matter at hand.

[Frankeh]

Plotloss said:

http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/cutting-business-and...

That's actually fantastic.

[Johnnytheboy]

Site seems to be working now, and the good motoring ideas are generally pretty well supported.

My poll.

That's my particular bugbear.