Here we go again, another 40 Acts of Parliament on the Statute Book to drive
us ever closer to being a police state. Whether you agree with them or not - I
am a fence sitter on the smoking ban for example (†) - every new law gives
the state more control over our lives.
According to press reports, Labour averages about 40 new Acts every year while
the almost as bad Conservatives usually hit the 30 mark. If you go back to the
1950s the figure was only just reaching double figures each year.
† I have to be careful what I say
about this one in case someone remembers what I was advocating in a very smoky office circa 1990.
Exactly what is proposed now. I am a little less dogmatic now but maybe not a lot.