Which Would You Repeal?
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Homer, sweetie - will you marry me?!
Here's another vote for the Hunting Act 2004.
Here's another vote for the Hunting Act 2004.
BrianH
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Sorry, deleted wrong one - both had same title and this one had replies, while the other didn't. Could you post the link again.
Easy, Tiger.
I have to be honest and say that I don’t know a whole lot about most of the other statutes listed. I have never been hunting in my life, but I believe it is a civil liberties issue and was driven through for political purposes. As a consequence it is bad law.
Euronymous
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The Factory Act of 1833.
BrianH
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Until the lnk is reposted we don't know the choices
Well until the list is posted, I'd like to nominate the smoking ban due to come into effect in 2007, as well as whatever law was responsible for speed cameras. Personally both laws will prevent me voting Labour, but since I don't believe a word the Conservatives say about repealling them (despite being in control of the Highways Departments of numerous County Council's look how many they've got rid of :lol: ) So if anyone knows David Cameron, tell him I don't believe him.
If I could introduce a law, then it would be banning the making of any TV or radio programmes that involve a public poll based around an 08700 telephone number, or anything that features D list celebrities being voted for etc. I'd also ban programmes which are compilations of recordings from previous episodes, or rank orders etc that are then presented as a top 20 type thing of cheap and easy to make TV that can pad out our schedules at the expense of challenging alternatives.
The worst example of this I've seen recently concerned a radio 5 amateur football correspondant who was stationed on Birch services last weekend, and within drive time of 5 grounds!!! Yep you guessed it, vote for which ground you want to send our correspondant to cover. As there were no games being played in Ulaan Batar I didn't par take.
In fact I might start a thread up somewhere about the number of these types of programmes that have infested our TV in the last 10 years, though I suspect it will constitute an appeal as I'll need help in compiling a list? I'm guessing we must have had about 40 or so of these types of shows, invented and foisted upon us by now, and if Blair moved to make this abuse illegal, rather than waste the amount of time he did on a 'non issue' like fox hunting he'd have shown better judgement.
Incidentally, to all of those of you who love killing foxes, something I've never really understood is why you don't hunt them in the cities? I briefly lived in Devon, and so far as i could see their hunt involved a few deluded farmers daughters charging around on ponies and they never caught so much as a cold, yet alone a fox. However, I lived in Leicester City Centre for a few years after that, and foxes would happily wonder up and down the street. Far from that I could even take you a spot behind the KFC on a Sunday morning where you could happily kill about dozen of them.
If I could introduce a law, then it would be banning the making of any TV or radio programmes that involve a public poll based around an 08700 telephone number, or anything that features D list celebrities being voted for etc. I'd also ban programmes which are compilations of recordings from previous episodes, or rank orders etc that are then presented as a top 20 type thing of cheap and easy to make TV that can pad out our schedules at the expense of challenging alternatives.
The worst example of this I've seen recently concerned a radio 5 amateur football correspondant who was stationed on Birch services last weekend, and within drive time of 5 grounds!!! Yep you guessed it, vote for which ground you want to send our correspondant to cover. As there were no games being played in Ulaan Batar I didn't par take.
In fact I might start a thread up somewhere about the number of these types of programmes that have infested our TV in the last 10 years, though I suspect it will constitute an appeal as I'll need help in compiling a list? I'm guessing we must have had about 40 or so of these types of shows, invented and foisted upon us by now, and if Blair moved to make this abuse illegal, rather than waste the amount of time he did on a 'non issue' like fox hunting he'd have shown better judgement.
Incidentally, to all of those of you who love killing foxes, something I've never really understood is why you don't hunt them in the cities? I briefly lived in Devon, and so far as i could see their hunt involved a few deluded farmers daughters charging around on ponies and they never caught so much as a cold, yet alone a fox. However, I lived in Leicester City Centre for a few years after that, and foxes would happily wonder up and down the street. Far from that I could even take you a spot behind the KFC on a Sunday morning where you could happily kill about dozen of them.
BrianH
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Something to do with the hunters not complying with traffic lights, roundabout regulations and one-way streets I guess.
Today programme poll:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/vote/200...te_index2.shtml
Could someone please post it at the top? thanks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/vote/200...te_index2.shtml
Could someone please post it at the top? thanks
I'd go for the Hunting Act. Has there ever been such an idiotically drafted (deliberately?) bill, all the more so considering the 700-odd hours of parliamentary "debate" spent on it.
There are some aspects of the Human Rights Act which are hardly satisfactory either, and that would be my second choice.
There are some aspects of the Human Rights Act which are hardly satisfactory either, and that would be my second choice.
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SEction 133 Serious Organised Crime and Police Act - in fact 90 % of the criminal "justice "legislation passed by this authoritarian government
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Griffin
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Dangerous Dogs Act. Drawn up rapidly with little thought during a time of hysteria over dogs. It's the bad owners that need putting down, not the dogs.
cricketfan
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Can you explain the difference between a pressure group casting their votes in a poll and hi-jacking one ?
I'm reminded of a signature that you once had, quoting Voltaire. Would you care to refresh my memory ?
The point is that no other organisation feels the need to ram their alleged civil liberty violations down the throat of everyone with as much determination and aggression. This was a poll conducted by the bbc to find the result of what the nation thinks, NOT the members of the CA. No other organisation rounded up members to vote. Why did the CA? Does it aid their cause? I doubt it.
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it" is the Voltaire quote. My freedom to speech is also included and I exercise it here.
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it" is the Voltaire quote. My freedom to speech is also included and I exercise it here.
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This could be spotted a mile off like the Tony Martin execute burglars law poll a couple of years back . They used to run a man and woman of the year too but they also got hijacked - depressing and predictable but the BBC were suckers to fall for it .
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What would change if the Hunting with Dogs act was repealed ? very little with the actual hunting of the fox.
cricketfan
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If the poll managed to uncover the deep level of dissatifaction with a particular bill, can it not be deemed a success ?
Trying to rubbish the outcome of the poll simply because you disagree with the result is not particularly democratic.
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