What is most notable about most of these regulatory changes is that they do not seem to be designed to target the kind of criminality which concerns the law-abiding member of public.
This is legislation to criminalise the "middle-classes" or at least keep them eminently busy watching their step.
Not related to regualations, I hope you don't mind but I piched your poll idea. I think it's quite a cool thing for a blog to have and I alwways give credit where it's due for giving me another dimension.
James, I just read the first piece of that first link you gave me. That law would make me tweak out, if an equivalent was implemented here in the US!!!!! I agree, new laws only affect law abiding citizens, as the criminals never follow laws to begin with.
Well, I don't know that we are really having so many freedoms eroded in the UK: believe me, compared to the bureaucracy we have in Italy, all of this is as nothing!
Collecting Mr. Buttle after an understandable administrative error. 
What is most notable about most of these regulatory changes is that they do not seem to be designed to target the kind of criminality which concerns the law-abiding member of public.
ReplyDeleteThis is legislation to criminalise the "middle-classes" or at least keep them eminently busy watching their step.
Not related to regualations, I hope you don't mind but I piched your poll idea. I think it's quite a cool thing for a blog to have and I alwways give credit where it's due for giving me another dimension.
ReplyDeleteYou're the man, Mr Higham.
Wolfie - you have this uncanny ability to talk pure common sense. Stop it!
ReplyDeleteCrushed - pinch anything you like but not my botty.
for Whom does the bell toll?
ReplyDeleteJames, I just read the first piece of that first link you gave me. That law would make me tweak out, if an equivalent was implemented here in the US!!!!! I agree, new laws only affect law abiding citizens, as the criminals never follow laws to begin with.
ReplyDeleteWell, I don't know that we are really having so many freedoms eroded in the UK: believe me, compared to the bureaucracy we have in Italy, all of this is as nothing!
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